About Chirah Village

Chirah is a small village in Silwani tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 288, made up of 152 males and 136 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 471.61 hectares hectares.

Chirah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chirah village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Raisen
Tehsil	Silwani
Area (hectares)	471.61 hectares
Population	288
Male Population	152
Female Population	136
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	895
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chirah compares

By the 2011 count Chirah is the 159th largest of the 219 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 576 residents. Its 471.61 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Chirah

Chirah is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chirah as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chirah from other places

Chirah lies about 60 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Pipariya, about 50 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Chirah
Tehsil headquarters	Silwani	14 km
Nearest town	Bareli	26 km
Nearest railway station	Pipariya	50 km
District headquarters	Raisen	60 km

Villages closest to Chirah

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Silwani tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Chirah

As per the Census of India 2011, Chirah village had a population of 288. That makes it the 159th largest of the 219 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 576 residents.

Chirah village has 152 males and 136 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chirah has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 920.

Chirah covers 471.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chirah falls under Silwani tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chirah is Pipariya, about 50 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Chirah.

Chirah is about 60 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chirah is in Silwani tehsil of Raisen district. Silwani is about 14 km away. Bareli is about 26 km away. Pipariya is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.