About Chanchar Village

Chanchar is a mid sized village in Shahpur tehsil, in the district of Bhojpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,216, made up of 660 males and 556 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 842 females per 1000 males. The village covers 318 hectares hectares.

Chanchar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chanchar village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhojpur
Tehsil	Shahpur
Area (hectares)	318 hectares
Population	1,216
Male Population	660
Female Population	556
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	842
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 Chanchar compares

By the 2011 count Chanchar is the 54th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,302 residents. Its 318 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 896.

Getting to Chanchar

Chanchar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chanchar 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 Chanchar from other places

Chanchar lies about 129 km from Bhojpur, and the nearest railway station is Fungo Halt, about under 2 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 Chanchar
Nearest railway station	Fungo Halt	under 2 km
Nearest town	Khagaria	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shahpur	33 km
District headquarters	Bhojpur	129 km

Villages closest to Chanchar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chanchar village had a population of 1,216. That makes it the 54th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,302 residents.

Chanchar village has 660 males and 556 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chanchar has about 842 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 896.

Chanchar covers 318 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chanchar falls under Shahpur tehsil of Bhojpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Chanchar is Fungo Halt, about under 2 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 Chanchar.

Chanchar is about 129 km from Bhojpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chanchar is in Shahpur tehsil of Bhojpur district. Fungo Halt is about under 2 km away. Khagaria is about 20 km away. Shahpur is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.