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About Champawati Village

Champawati is one of the larger villages in Dhamdaha tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,918, made up of 3,178 males and 2,740 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 862 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1274 hectares hectares.

Champawati Overview

Census 2011 figures for Champawati village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Purnia
Tehsil Dhamdaha
Area (hectares) 1274 hectares
Population 5,918
Male Population 3,178
Female Population 2,740
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 862
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Champawati compares

By the 2011 count Champawati is the 14th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 4,178 residents. Its 1274 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 913.

Getting to Champawati

Champawati is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Champawati 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Champawati from other places

Champawati lies about 21 km from Purnia, and the nearest railway station is Sarsi, about 6.8 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 Champawati
Nearest railway station Sarsi 6.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhamdaha 11 km
Nearest town Banmankhi Bazar 12 km
District headquarters Purnia 21 km

Villages closest to Champawati

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Champawati village had a population of 5,918. That makes it the 14th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,178 residents.

Champawati village has 3,178 males and 2,740 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Champawati has about 862 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 913.

Champawati covers 1274 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Champawati falls under Dhamdaha tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Champawati is Sarsi, about 6.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Champawati is about 21 km from Purnia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Champawati is in Dhamdaha tehsil of Purnia district. Sarsi is about 6.8 km away. Dhamdaha is about 11 km away. Banmankhi Bazar is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bela Champawati (under 2 km), Champawati Milik (under 2 km) and Dharbia (2.0 km).

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

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