About Chitaur Village

Chitaur is a mid sized village in Goalpokhar I tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 536, made up of 268 males and 268 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 159.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chitaur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chitaur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil	Goalpokhar I
Pincode	733208
Area (hectares)	159.85 hectares
Population	536
Male Population	268
Female Population	268
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chitaur compares

By the 2011 count Chitaur is the 122nd largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,223 residents. Its 159.85 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 921.

Getting to Chitaur

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

Chitaur lies about 6.2 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Kanki, about 8.7 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 Chitaur
Tehsil headquarters	Goalpokhar I	6.2 km
District headquarters	Uttar Dinajpur	6.2 km
Nearest railway station	Kanki	8.7 km
Nearest town	Kishanganj	15 km

Villages closest to Chitaur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Goalpokhar I 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 Chitaur

As per the Census of India 2011, Chitaur village had a population of 536. That makes it the 122nd largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,223 residents.

Chitaur village has 268 males and 268 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chitaur has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 921.

The pincode recorded for Chitaur is 733208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chitaur covers 159.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chitaur falls under Goalpokhar I tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Chitaur is Kanki, about 8.7 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 5 - 10 km distance for Chitaur.

Chitaur is about 6.2 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chitaur is in Goalpokhar I tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Goalpokhar I is about 6.2 km away. Uttar Dinajpur is about 6.2 km away. Kanki is about 8.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.