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About Chandpur Village

Chandpur is a mid sized village in Azamnagar tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 505, made up of 239 males and 266 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,113 females per 1000 males. The village covers 200.16 hectares hectares.

Chandpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chandpur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Katihar
Tehsil Azamnagar
Area (hectares) 200.16 hectares
Population 505
Male Population 239
Female Population 266
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,113
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 Chandpur compares

By the 2011 count Chandpur is the 146th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,414 residents. Its 200.16 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 933.

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 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 33 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Azamnagar Road, about 6.1 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 Azamnagar Road 6.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Azamnagar 7.6 km
Nearest town Rāiganj 25 km
District headquarters Katihar 33 km

Villages closest to Chandpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chandpur village had a population of 505. That makes it the 146th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,414 residents.

Chandpur village has 239 males and 266 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chandpur has about 1113 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 933.

Chandpur covers 200.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chandpur falls under Azamnagar tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Chandpur is Azamnagar Road, about 6.1 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 5 - 10 km distance for Chandpur.

Chandpur is about 33 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chandpur is in Azamnagar tehsil of Katihar district. Azamnagar Road is about 6.1 km away. Azamnagar is about 7.6 km away. Rāiganj is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhokaria (under 2 km), Bartabari (under 2 km) and Nepra (1.6 km).

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

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