About Chandpur Village

Chandpur is a large village in Shahkund tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,892, made up of 2,059 males and 1,833 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106 hectares hectares.

Chandpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chandpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhagalpur
Tehsil	Shahkund
Area (hectares)	106 hectares
Population	3,892
Male Population	2,059
Female Population	1,833
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	890
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chandpur compares

By the 2011 count Chandpur is the 9th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,726 residents. Its 106 hectares work out to about 37 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 886.

Getting to Chandpur

Chandpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chandpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Chandpur from other places

Chandpur lies about 41 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Kalyanpur Road, about 7.1 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 Chandpur
Nearest railway station	Kalyanpur Road	7.1 km
Nearest town	Kharagpur	9.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shahkund	26 km
District headquarters	Bhagalpur	41 km

Villages closest to Chandpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chandpur village had a population of 3,892. That makes it the 9th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,726 residents.

Chandpur village has 2,059 males and 1,833 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chandpur has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 886.

Chandpur covers 106 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 37 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Chandpur falls under Shahkund tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Chandpur is Kalyanpur Road, about 7.1 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Chandpur.

Chandpur is about 41 km from Bhagalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chandpur is in Shahkund tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Kalyanpur Road is about 7.1 km away. Kharagpur is about 9.0 km away. Shahkund is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.