About Chelra Village

Chelra is a mid sized village in Moth tehsil, in the district of Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,904, made up of 1,004 males and 900 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1087.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 284303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chelra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chelra village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Jhansi
Tehsil	Moth
Pincode	284303
Area (hectares)	1087.47 hectares
Population	1,904
Male Population	1,004
Female Population	900
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chelra compares

By the 2011 count Chelra is the 34th largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents. Its 1087.47 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 903.

Getting to Chelra

Chelra is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Chelra as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Chelra from other places

Chelra lies about 42 km from Jhansi, and the nearest railway station is Nandkhas, about 7.6 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 Chelra
Nearest railway station	Nandkhas	7.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Moth	9.0 km
Nearest town	Samthar	22 km
District headquarters	Jhansi	42 km

Villages closest to Chelra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chelra village had a population of 1,904. That makes it the 34th largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents.

Chelra village has 1,004 males and 900 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chelra has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 903.

The pincode recorded for Chelra is 284303. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chelra covers 1087.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chelra falls under Moth tehsil of Jhansi district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chelra is Nandkhas, about 7.6 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Chelra.

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

Chelra is in Moth tehsil of Jhansi district. Nandkhas is about 7.6 km away. Moth is about 9.0 km away. Samthar is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.