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About Pakri Kapur Village

Pakri Kapur is one of the larger villages in Chiraia tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 9,062, made up of 4,807 males and 4,255 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 682 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845415, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pakri Kapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pakri Kapur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Purba Champaran
Tehsil Chiraia
Pincode 845415
Area (hectares) 682 hectares
Population 9,062
Male Population 4,807
Female Population 4,255
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 885
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 Pakri Kapur compares

By the 2011 count Pakri Kapur is the 11th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 6,751 residents. Its 682 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Pakri Kapur

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

Pakri Kapur lies about 19 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Kuwarchintawa, about 1.8 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 Pakri Kapur
Nearest railway station Kuwarchintawa 1.8 km
Nearest town Pakridayal 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Chiraia 19 km
District headquarters Purba Champaran 19 km

Villages closest to Pakri Kapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chiraia 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 Pakri Kapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Pakri Kapur village had a population of 9,062. That makes it the 11th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 6,751 residents.

Pakri Kapur village has 4,807 males and 4,255 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pakri Kapur has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 888.

The pincode recorded for Pakri Kapur is 845415. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pakri Kapur covers 682 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Pakri Kapur falls under Chiraia tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Pakri Kapur is Kuwarchintawa, about 1.8 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 Pakri Kapur.

Pakri Kapur is about 19 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pakri Kapur is in Chiraia tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Kuwarchintawa is about 1.8 km away. Pakridayal is about 13 km away. Chiraia is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Partapur (under 2 km), Mahuawa (3.0 km) and Semra (8.5 km).

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

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