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About Chitahari Village

Chitahari is a mid sized village in Chauri Chaura tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,036, made up of 489 males and 547 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,119 females per 1000 males. The village covers 306.85 hectares hectares.

Chitahari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chitahari village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Chauri Chaura
Area (hectares) 306.85 hectares
Population 1,036
Male Population 489
Female Population 547
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,119
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chitahari compares

By the 2011 count Chitahari is the 136th largest of the 204 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,155 residents. Its 306.85 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Chitahari

Chitahari is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chitahari 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chitahari from other places

Chitahari lies about 25 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Sardarnagar, about 15 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 Chitahari
Nearest railway station Sardarnagar 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Chauri Chaura 16 km
Nearest town Rūdarpur 20 km
District headquarters Gorakhpur 25 km

Villages closest to Chitahari

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chauri Chaura 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 Chitahari

As per the Census of India 2011, Chitahari village had a population of 1,036. That makes it the 136th largest of the 204 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,155 residents.

Chitahari village has 489 males and 547 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chitahari has about 1119 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 995.

Chitahari covers 306.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chitahari falls under Chauri Chaura tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chitahari is Sardarnagar, about 15 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Chitahari.

Chitahari is about 25 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chitahari is in Chauri Chaura tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Sardarnagar is about 15 km away. Chauri Chaura is about 16 km away. Rūdarpur 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 Khar Khuta (under 2 km), Markachha (under 2 km) and Roha (under 2 km).

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

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