About Chakani Village

Chakani is a mid sized village in Barhampur tehsil, in the district of Buxar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 963, made up of 521 males and 442 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 848 females per 1000 males. The village covers 314.4 hectares hectares.

Chakani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chakani village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Buxar
Tehsil	Barhampur
Area (hectares)	314.4 hectares
Population	963
Male Population	521
Female Population	442
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	848
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chakani compares

By the 2011 count Chakani is the 45th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,016 residents. Its 314.4 hectares work out to about 3.1 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 922.

Getting to Chakani

Chakani is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chakani as Available within village. 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 Chakani from other places

Chakani lies about 35 km from Buxar, and the nearest railway station is Raghunathpur Railway Station, about 8.5 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 Chakani
Tehsil headquarters	Barhampur	5.2 km
Nearest railway station	Raghunathpur Railway Station	8.5 km
Nearest town	Bela	14 km
District headquarters	Buxar	35 km

Villages closest to Chakani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chakani village had a population of 963. That makes it the 45th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,016 residents.

Chakani village has 521 males and 442 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chakani has about 848 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 922.

Chakani covers 314.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chakani falls under Barhampur tehsil of Buxar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Chakani is Raghunathpur Railway Station, about 8.5 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Chakani.

Chakani is about 35 km from Buxar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chakani is in Barhampur tehsil of Buxar district. Barhampur is about 5.2 km away. Raghunathpur Railway Station is about 8.5 km away. Bela is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.