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About Chirkuta Village

Chirkuta is a mid sized village in Digras tehsil, in the district of Yavatmal, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,213, made up of 654 males and 559 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 667 hectares hectares.

Chirkuta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chirkuta village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Yavatmal
Tehsil Digras
Area (hectares) 667 hectares
Population 1,213
Male Population 654
Female Population 559
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 855
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chirkuta compares

By the 2011 count Chirkuta is the 33rd largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,423 residents. Its 667 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 936.

Getting to Chirkuta

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

Chirkuta lies about 45 km from Yavatmal, and the nearest railway station is Darwha Motibag, about 23 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 Chirkuta
Tehsil headquarters Digras 9.9 km
Nearest railway station Darwha Motibag 23 km
District headquarters Yavatmal 45 km

Villages closest to Chirkuta

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

Common questions about Chirkuta

As per the Census of India 2011, Chirkuta village had a population of 1,213. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,423 residents.

Chirkuta village has 654 males and 559 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chirkuta has about 855 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 936.

Chirkuta covers 667 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chirkuta falls under Digras tehsil of Yavatmal district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Chirkuta is Darwha Motibag, about 23 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 Chirkuta.

Chirkuta is about 45 km from Yavatmal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chirkuta is in Digras tehsil of Yavatmal district. Digras is about 9.9 km away. Darwha Motibag is about 23 km away. Yavatmal is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sawanga Kh (2.8 km), Dabha (3.2 km) and Lakh Rayachi (3.3 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Chirkuta today is likely to be higher.

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