About Chirad Village

Chirad is a mid sized village in Ambarnath tehsil, in the district of Thane, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 515, made up of 273 males and 242 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 152 hectares hectares.

Chirad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chirad village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Thane
Tehsil	Ambarnath
Area (hectares)	152 hectares
Population	515
Male Population	273
Female Population	242
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chirad compares

By the 2011 count Chirad is the 57th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,803 residents. Its 152 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 936.

Getting to Chirad

Chirad is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chirad as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Chirad from other places

Chirad lies about 52 km from Thane, and the nearest railway station is Vangani, about 18 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 Chirad
Nearest railway station	Vangani	18 km
Nearest town	Badlapur	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ambarnath	31 km
District headquarters	Thane	52 km

Villages closest to Chirad

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chirad village had a population of 515. That makes it the 57th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,803 residents.

Chirad village has 273 males and 242 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chirad has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 936.

Chirad covers 152 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chirad falls under Ambarnath tehsil of Thane district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Chirad is Vangani, about 18 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Chirad.

Chirad is about 52 km from Thane in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chirad is in Ambarnath tehsil of Thane district. Vangani is about 18 km away. Badlapur is about 20 km away. Ambarnath is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.