About Chitara Village

Chitara is a mid sized village in Badarwas tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,370, made up of 713 males and 657 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 577.26 hectares hectares.

Chitara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chitara village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Shivpuri
Tehsil	Badarwas
Area (hectares)	577.26 hectares
Population	1,370
Male Population	713
Female Population	657
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	921
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chitara compares

By the 2011 count Chitara is the 34th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 577.26 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 909.

Getting to Chitara

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

How far is Chitara from other places

Chitara lies about 42 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Lukwasa, about 6.6 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 Chitara
Nearest railway station	Lukwasa	6.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Badarwas	9.0 km
District headquarters	Shivpuri	42 km

Villages closest to Chitara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Badarwas 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 Chitara

As per the Census of India 2011, Chitara village had a population of 1,370. That makes it the 34th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Chitara village has 713 males and 657 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chitara has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 909.

Chitara covers 577.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chitara falls under Badarwas tehsil of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chitara is Lukwasa, about 6.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Chitara is about 42 km from Shivpuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chitara is in Badarwas tehsil of Shivpuri district. Lukwasa is about 6.6 km away. Badarwas is about 9.0 km away. Shivpuri is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.