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About Chirra Village

Chirra is a large village in Ramsanehighat tehsil, in the district of Bara Banki, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,886, made up of 2,087 males and 1,799 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 862 females per 1000 males. The village covers 614.12 hectares hectares.

Chirra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chirra village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Bara Banki
Tehsil Ramsanehighat
Area (hectares) 614.12 hectares
Population 3,886
Male Population 2,087
Female Population 1,799
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 862
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Chirra compares

By the 2011 count Chirra is the 18th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,746 residents. Its 614.12 hectares work out to about 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 906.

Getting to Chirra

Chirra is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Chirra as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chirra from other places

Chirra lies about 54 km from Bara Banki, and the nearest railway station is Rauzagaon, about 10 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 Chirra
Nearest railway station Rauzagaon 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Ramsanehighat 20 km
Nearest town Colonelganj 29 km
District headquarters Bara Banki 54 km

Villages closest to Chirra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chirra village had a population of 3,886. That makes it the 18th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,746 residents.

Chirra village has 2,087 males and 1,799 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chirra has about 862 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 906.

Chirra covers 614.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Chirra falls under Ramsanehighat tehsil of Bara Banki district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chirra is Rauzagaon, about 10 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Chirra is about 54 km from Bara Banki in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chirra is in Ramsanehighat tehsil of Bara Banki district. Rauzagaon is about 10 km away. Ramsanehighat is about 20 km away. Colonelganj is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pureydalai (2.2 km), Sihoriya (2.6 km) and Lilar (2.8 km).

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

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