CHATRA

S. No. BLOCKS POPULATION

1 Chatra 101,014
2 Kunda 30,018
3 Huntergunj 100,000
4 Pratappur 120,221
5 Lawalong 50,553
6 Gidhour 31,530
7 Pathalgada 40,919
8 Simaria 107,871
9 Tandwa 126,119
10 Ithkori 72,929
11 Kanhachatti 63,012
12 Mayurhand 58,925

S. No. BLOCKS ROUTE

Chatra stands on the crossing of NH22 (old
1 Chatra NH99) and NH522
2 Kundu 32 kms to NH99 (new NH22)
3 Huntergunj huntergunj is situated on NH99 ( New NH22)
4 Pratappur 29 kms to NH99 ( New NH22)
5 Lawalong 24 kms to NH33 bypass road
6 Gidhour 29 kms to NH99 ( New NH22)
7 Pathalgada 29 kms to NH99 ( New NH22)
8 Simaria Simaria is on NH99 (new NH22)
9 Tandwa 27 kms to NH99 (new NH22)
10 Ithkori 14 kms to NH19 (old NH2 GT road
11 Kanhachatti 29 kms to NH99 ( New NH22)
12 Mayurhand 14 kms to NH19 (old NH2 GT road

S. No. Economic Activities Of CHATRA DISTRICT

The forest is full of variety of medicinal

1 AGRICULTURE
2 IRRIGATION
plants, kendu leaves, bamboo, sal, teak and
other timber species. Major crops grown in
the district are rice, wheat and pulses.The
people are either working as agricultural
labourers or cultivators
Only 12.21 percent area of agricultural use
are net irrigated and major source of
irrigation are well and tube wells.
 They provide basic raw material to a
number of important industries, namely
furniture, match box, paper, rayon
construction, railway slippers, wooden
3 FOREST poles, etc.

CHATRA BLOCK
S. No. Economic activities
Chatra is a predominanty forest district with
65% of the land area being covered with
1 FOREST forests.

The balance 35% of the area has both rocky

and alluvial soil. Aluvial soil is found mostly
near river valleys. Rice is the main crop of
the district. Other important crops grown
are bazra, maize and pulses (mainly arhar
2 AGRICULTURE and gramme)
 CHATRA DISTRICT
POPULATION DENSITY
250/km2 (650/sq mi)
110/km2 (270/sq mi)
6,700/km2 (17,000/sq mi)
310/km2 (810/sq mi)
130/km2 (330/sq mi)
240/km2 (610/sq mi)
230/km2 (610/sq mi)
210/km2 (550/sq mi)
280/km2 (720/sq mi)
450/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
280/km2 (720/sq mi)
440/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
 RYG ANALYSIS OF CHATRA DISTRICT
S. No. BLOCKS
1 Chatra
2 Kunda
3 Huntergunj
4 Pratappur
5 Lawalong
6 Gidhour
7 Pathalgada
8 Simaria
9 Tandwa
10 Ithkori
11 Kanhachatti
12 Mayurhand