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About Waithou Chiru Village

Waithou Chiru is a mid sized village in Keirao Bitra tehsil, in the district of Imphal East, Manipur. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 554, made up of 287 males and 267 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 93.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 795008, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Waithou Chiru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Waithou Chiru village
Description Value
State Manipur
District Imphal East
Tehsil Keirao Bitra
Pincode 795008
Area (hectares) 93.42 hectares
Population 554
Male Population 287
Female Population 267
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 930
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Waithou Chiru compares

By the 2011 count Waithou Chiru is the 26th largest of the 35 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,036 residents. Its 93.42 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1016.

Getting to Waithou Chiru

Waithou Chiru is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Waithou Chiru as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Waithou Chiru from other places

Waithou Chiru lies about 20 km from Imphal East, and the nearest railway station is Imphal, about 14 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 Waithou Chiru
Tehsil headquarters Keirao Bitra 4.4 km
Nearest railway station Imphal 14 km
District headquarters Imphal East 20 km

Villages closest to Waithou Chiru

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Keirao Bitra 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 Waithou Chiru

As per the Census of India 2011, Waithou Chiru village had a population of 554. That makes it the 26th largest of the 35 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,036 residents.

Waithou Chiru village has 287 males and 267 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Waithou Chiru has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1016.

The pincode recorded for Waithou Chiru is 795008. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Waithou Chiru covers 93.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Waithou Chiru falls under Keirao Bitra tehsil of Imphal East district in Manipur.

The nearest railway station to Waithou Chiru is Imphal, about 14 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Waithou Chiru.

Waithou Chiru is about 20 km from Imphal East in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Waithou Chiru is in Keirao Bitra tehsil of Imphal East district. Keirao Bitra is about 4.4 km away. Imphal is about 14 km away. Imphal East is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Keirao Bitra (4.4 km), Keirao Wangkhem (6.5 km) and Khanarok (8.1 km).

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

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