About Chirar Village

Chirar is a small village in Jakhania tehsil, in the district of Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 496, made up of 269 males and 227 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 844 females per 1000 males. The village covers 24.68 hectares hectares.

Chirar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chirar village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Ghazipur
Tehsil	Jakhania
Area (hectares)	24.68 hectares
Population	496
Male Population	269
Female Population	227
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	844
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chirar compares

By the 2011 count Chirar is the 303rd largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,081 residents. Its 24.68 hectares work out to about 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Chirar

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

Chirar lies about 128 km from Ghazipur, and the nearest railway station is Atraura Halt, about 8.9 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 Chirar
Nearest railway station	Atraura Halt	8.9 km
Nearest town	Gyānpur	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jakhania	34 km
District headquarters	Ghazipur	128 km

Villages closest to Chirar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chirar village had a population of 496. That makes it the 303rd largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,081 residents.

Chirar village has 269 males and 227 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chirar has about 844 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Chirar covers 24.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Chirar falls under Jakhania tehsil of Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chirar is Atraura Halt, about 8.9 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 village for Chirar.

Chirar is about 128 km from Ghazipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chirar is in Jakhania tehsil of Ghazipur district. Atraura Halt is about 8.9 km away. Gyānpur is about 16 km away. Jakhania is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.