About Chankap Village

Chankap is a mid sized village in Kutumba tehsil, in the district of Aurangabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,250, made up of 659 males and 591 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 149.19 hectares hectares.

Chankap Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chankap village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Aurangabad
Tehsil	Kutumba
Area (hectares)	149.19 hectares
Population	1,250
Male Population	659
Female Population	591
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	897
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chankap compares

By the 2011 count Chankap is the 54th largest of the 201 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,053 residents. Its 149.19 hectares work out to about 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Chankap

Chankap is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chankap as Available within 5 - 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 Chankap from other places

Chankap lies about 19 km from Aurangabad, and the nearest railway station is Barkisalaiya, about 11 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 Chankap
Tehsil headquarters	Kutumba	4.1 km
Nearest town	Nabīnagar	10 km
Nearest railway station	Barkisalaiya	11 km
District headquarters	Aurangabad	19 km

Villages closest to Chankap

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kutumba 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 Chankap

As per the Census of India 2011, Chankap village had a population of 1,250. That makes it the 54th largest of the 201 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,053 residents.

Chankap village has 659 males and 591 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chankap has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Chankap covers 149.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Chankap falls under Kutumba tehsil of Aurangabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Chankap is Barkisalaiya, about 11 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Chankap.

Chankap is about 19 km from Aurangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chankap is in Kutumba tehsil of Aurangabad district. Kutumba is about 4.1 km away. Nabīnagar is about 10 km away. Barkisalaiya is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.