Chatro is a village in Potka mandal, East Singhbum district, Jharkhand, with a population of 602 and 135 households. It has a literacy rate of 56% and is located at 22.545°N, 86.568°E with PIN code 831002, with a railway station nearby.
By population, Chatro ranks #112 of 291 villages in Potka mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chatro is a village of 602 people in 135 households (Census 2011) in Potka block, East Singhbum district, Jharkhand, the 112th-largest of 291 villages in Potka block. Literacy is 56%, 2 points above the block average, and the sex ratio is 974 women per 1,000 men. It lies 73 km from the East Singhbum district centre, 5 km from Dalbhumgarh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 831002, served by Tatanagar post office; the LGD village code is 363623. The nearest hospital or health centre is Subarnarekha Nursing Home and Diagnostic Centre, 11 km away. The sarpanch is Bhola Nath Bhakat, and the village votes in Jugsalai assembly constituency, represented by Mangal Kalindi. The population is estimated at 765 in 2026, up 27% since the 2011 Census.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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