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About Chitkura Village

Chitkura is a mid sized village in Atrauli tehsil, in the district of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,671, made up of 896 males and 775 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 865 females per 1000 males. The village covers 399.04 hectares hectares.

Chitkura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chitkura village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Aligarh
Tehsil Atrauli
Area (hectares) 399.04 hectares
Population 1,671
Male Population 896
Female Population 775
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 865
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 Chitkura compares

By the 2011 count Chitkura is the 161st largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,271 residents. Its 399.04 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 877.

Getting to Chitkura

Chitkura is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chitkura 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 Chitkura from other places

Chitkura lies about 42 km from Aligarh, and the nearest railway station is Kasganj Junction, about 17 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 Chitkura
Nearest town Chharra 11 km
Nearest railway station Kasganj Junction 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Atrauli 26 km
District headquarters Aligarh 42 km

Villages closest to Chitkura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chitkura village had a population of 1,671. That makes it the 161st largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,271 residents.

Chitkura village has 896 males and 775 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chitkura has about 865 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 877.

Chitkura covers 399.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chitkura falls under Atrauli tehsil of Aligarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chitkura is Kasganj Junction, about 17 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 Chitkura.

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

Chitkura is in Atrauli tehsil of Aligarh district. Chharra is about 11 km away. Kasganj Junction is about 17 km away. Atrauli is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bilauna Chitrasi (under 2 km), Sidhauli Kalan (under 2 km) and Nagla Khagu (2.3 km).

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

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