About Chainpur Village

Chainpur is a mid sized village in Turkaulia tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,826, made up of 946 males and 880 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 152.2 hectares hectares.

Chainpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chainpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purba Champaran
Tehsil	Turkaulia
Area (hectares)	152.2 hectares
Population	1,826
Male Population	946
Female Population	880
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	930
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chainpur compares

By the 2011 count Chainpur is the 24th largest of the 33 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 5,466 residents. Its 152.2 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 916.

Getting to Chainpur

Chainpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chainpur as Available within 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 Chainpur from other places

Chainpur lies about 80 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Panchdeori Halt, about 16 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 Chainpur
Nearest town	Kataiya	7.0 km
Nearest railway station	Panchdeori Halt	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Turkaulia	27 km
District headquarters	Purba Champaran	80 km

Villages closest to Chainpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chainpur village had a population of 1,826. That makes it the 24th largest of the 33 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 5,466 residents.

Chainpur village has 946 males and 880 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chainpur has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 916.

Chainpur covers 152.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Chainpur falls under Turkaulia tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Chainpur is Panchdeori Halt, about 16 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Chainpur.

Chainpur is about 80 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chainpur is in Turkaulia tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Kataiya is about 7.0 km away. Panchdeori Halt is about 16 km away. Turkaulia is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.