About Chirgahna Village

Chirgahna is a small village in Harraiya tehsil, in the district of Basti, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 42, made up of 24 males and 18 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 750 females per 1000 males. The village covers 86.91 hectares hectares.

Chirgahna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chirgahna village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Basti
Tehsil	Harraiya
Area (hectares)	86.91 hectares
Population	42
Male Population	24
Female Population	18
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	750
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 Chirgahna compares

By the 2011 count Chirgahna is the 1247th largest of the 1332 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 641 residents. Its 86.91 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 965.

Getting to Chirgahna

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

Chirgahna lies about 31 km from Basti, and the nearest railway station is Orwara, about 24 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 Chirgahna
Nearest town	Mehndāwal	19 km
Nearest railway station	Orwara	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Harraiya	28 km
District headquarters	Basti	31 km

Villages closest to Chirgahna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chirgahna village had a population of 42. That makes it the 1247th largest of the 1332 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 641 residents.

Chirgahna village has 24 males and 18 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chirgahna has about 750 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Chirgahna covers 86.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chirgahna falls under Harraiya tehsil of Basti district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chirgahna is Orwara, about 24 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 Chirgahna.

Chirgahna is about 31 km from Basti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chirgahna is in Harraiya tehsil of Basti district. Mehndāwal is about 19 km away. Orwara is about 24 km away. Harraiya is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.