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About Banu Chhapra Village

Banu Chhapra is one of the larger villages in Bettiah tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 12,311, made up of 6,398 males and 5,913 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 924 females per 1000 males. The village covers 176 hectares hectares.

Banu Chhapra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banu Chhapra village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil Bettiah
Area (hectares) 176 hectares
Population 12,311
Male Population 6,398
Female Population 5,913
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 924
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Banu Chhapra compares

By the 2011 count Banu Chhapra is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 5,396 residents. Its 176 hectares work out to about 70 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Banu Chhapra

The census records public bus service for Banu Chhapra as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banu Chhapra from other places

Banu Chhapra lies about 20 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Bettiah, 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 Banu Chhapra
Nearest railway station Bettiah under 2 km
District headquarters Pashchim Champaran 20 km

Villages closest to Banu Chhapra

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bettiah 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 Banu Chhapra

As per the Census of India 2011, Banu Chhapra village had a population of 12,311. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 5,396 residents.

Banu Chhapra village has 6,398 males and 5,913 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banu Chhapra has about 924 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 908.

Banu Chhapra covers 176 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 70 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Banu Chhapra falls under Bettiah tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Banu Chhapra is Bettiah, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Banu Chhapra.

Banu Chhapra is about 20 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banu Chhapra is in Bettiah tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Bettiah is about under 2 km away. Pashchim Champaran is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kargahiya Pachhim (under 2 km), Ujjain Tola (under 2 km) and Dodusahia Padri (2.0 km).

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

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