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About Anapur Village

Anapur is a small village in Chainpur tehsil, in the district of Kaimur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 498, made up of 263 males and 235 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 338.72 hectares hectares.

Anapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Anapur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Kaimur
Tehsil Chainpur
Area (hectares) 338.72 hectares
Population 498
Male Population 263
Female Population 235
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 894
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Anapur compares

By the 2011 count Anapur is the 96th largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,264 residents. Its 338.72 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 927.

Getting to Anapur

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

Anapur lies about 129 km from Kaimur, and the nearest railway station is Semra, about 5.4 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 Anapur
Nearest railway station Semra 5.4 km
Nearest town Sagauli 8.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Chainpur 16 km
District headquarters Kaimur 129 km

Villages closest to Anapur

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

Common questions about Anapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Anapur village had a population of 498. That makes it the 96th largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,264 residents.

Anapur village has 263 males and 235 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Anapur has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 927.

Anapur covers 338.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Anapur falls under Chainpur tehsil of Kaimur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Anapur is Semra, about 5.4 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 5 - 10 km distance for Anapur.

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

Anapur is in Chainpur tehsil of Kaimur district. Semra is about 5.4 km away. Sagauli is about 8.3 km away. Chainpur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hargawan (2.5 km), Kharigawan (2.5 km) and Hata (4.8 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Anapur today is likely to be higher.

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