She won gold medal at the 2019 Doha Asian Athletics Championships Chitra was born on 9 June 1995, at Mundur in Kerala's Palakkad District to a couple who worked as daily-wage labourers.

In the 2011 National School Games in Pune, Maharashtra, she won gold medals in the 1,500m, 3,000m, 5,000m events and a Bronze in 3 km cross country race.

Chitra almost repeated the Pune performance in 2012 Kerala State School Games, Thiruvananthapuram and finished on the top of the podium in 1,500m, 3,000m and 5,000m events.

In the Kerala State School Games in Ernakulam, Chitra defended all her gold medals that she had won the previous year.

In the 2016 National School Games at Ranchi in Jharkhand, her performance was a repeat of 2013 with gold medals in the 1,500m, 3,000m, 5,000m events and 3 km cross country.