About Puran Chhapra Village

Puran Chhapra is a large village in Kalyanpur tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,856, made up of 1,467 males and 1,389 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 164 hectares hectares.

Puran Chhapra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puran Chhapra village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purba Champaran
Tehsil	Kalyanpur
Area (hectares)	164 hectares
Population	2,856
Male Population	1,467
Female Population	1,389
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	947
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Puran Chhapra compares

By the 2011 count Puran Chhapra is the 28th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,776 residents. Its 164 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Puran Chhapra

Puran Chhapra is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Puran Chhapra as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Puran Chhapra from other places

Puran Chhapra lies about 96 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is CHHAPRA KACHERI, 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 Puran Chhapra
Nearest town	Chāpra	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	CHHAPRA KACHERI	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kalyanpur	31 km
District headquarters	Purba Champaran	96 km

Villages closest to Puran Chhapra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Puran Chhapra village had a population of 2,856. That makes it the 28th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,776 residents.

Puran Chhapra village has 1,467 males and 1,389 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puran Chhapra has about 947 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 981.

Puran Chhapra covers 164 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Puran Chhapra falls under Kalyanpur tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Puran Chhapra is CHHAPRA KACHERI, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Puran Chhapra.

Puran Chhapra is about 96 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Puran Chhapra is in Kalyanpur tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Chāpra is about under 2 km away. CHHAPRA KACHERI is about under 2 km away. Kalyanpur is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.