About Chapai Village

Chapai is a large village in Krityanand Nagar tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,013, made up of 1,591 males and 1,422 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 518 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 854303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chapai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chapai village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purnia
Tehsil	Krityanand Nagar
Pincode	854303
Area (hectares)	518 hectares
Population	3,013
Male Population	1,591
Female Population	1,422
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	894
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chapai compares

By the 2011 count Chapai is the 25th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,485 residents. Its 518 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 930.

Getting to Chapai

Chapai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chapai 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chapai from other places

Chapai lies about 12 km from Purnia, and the nearest railway station is Ranipatra, about 12 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 Chapai
District headquarters	Purnia	12 km
Nearest railway station	Ranipatra	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Krityanand Nagar	14 km

Villages closest to Chapai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Krityanand Nagar 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 Chapai

As per the Census of India 2011, Chapai village had a population of 3,013. That makes it the 25th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,485 residents.

Chapai village has 1,591 males and 1,422 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chapai has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 930.

The pincode recorded for Chapai is 854303. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chapai covers 518 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chapai falls under Krityanand Nagar tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Chapai is Ranipatra, about 12 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 5 - 10 km distance for Chapai.

Chapai is about 12 km from Purnia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chapai is in Krityanand Nagar tehsil of Purnia district. Purnia is about 12 km away. Ranipatra is about 12 km away. Krityanand Nagar is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.