About Chandpur Village

Chandpur is a mid sized village in Banke Bazar tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,601, made up of 854 males and 747 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 381 hectares hectares.

Chandpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chandpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Banke Bazar
Area (hectares)	381 hectares
Population	1,601
Male Population	854
Female Population	747
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	875
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 Chandpur compares

By the 2011 count Chandpur is the 24th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,361 residents. Its 381 hectares work out to about 4.2 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 943.

Getting to Chandpur

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

Chandpur lies about 18 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Tankuppa, about 5.5 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 Chandpur
Nearest railway station	Tankuppa	5.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Banke Bazar	18 km
District headquarters	Gaya	18 km

Villages closest to Chandpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Banke Bazar 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 1,601. That makes it the 24th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,361 residents.

Chandpur village has 854 males and 747 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chandpur has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

Chandpur covers 381 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chandpur falls under Banke Bazar tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Chandpur is Tankuppa, about 5.5 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Chandpur.

Chandpur is about 18 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chandpur is in Banke Bazar tehsil of Gaya district. Tankuppa is about 5.5 km away. Banke Bazar is about 18 km away. Gaya is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.