Skip to content
EntityQ888812· pop 14· linked from 5 articles

Chharchha is a census town in Koriya District in the state of Chhattisgarh, India.

Weather now

cached 1317h ago
31°overcast clouds
55% 6.9 m/s OpenWeatherMap

Place details

Region
Chhattisgarh
Country
India
Population
23,514

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Key facts

Settlement.name
Chharchha
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
Settlement.pushpin_map
India Chhattisgarh#India
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Chhattisgarh, India
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Chhattisgarh
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Koriya
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.population_total
15352
Settlement.population_as_of
2001
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.demographics_type1
Languages
Settlement.demographics1_title1
Official
Settlement.timezone1
IST
Settlement.utc_offset1
+5:30
Settlement.registration_plate
CG

via Wikipedia infobox

~1 min read

Encyclopedic overview

2 sections
Contents
  • Demographics
  • References

Chharchha is a census town in Koriya District in the state of Chhattisgarh, India.

==Demographics== India census, Chharchha had a population of 15,352. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Chharchha has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 77% and female literacy of 59%. 13% of the population is under 6 years of age. Chharchha is basically a colony developed by SECL (a subsidiary of Coal India Limited). Chharchha is famous for its coal production from its two mines, Chharchha East and Chharchha West.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chharchha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

On the map

2 mapped locations