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About Chope Village

Chope is a large village in Simaria tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,305, made up of 1,187 males and 1,118 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 987.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chope Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chope village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Chatra
Tehsil Simaria
Pincode 825103
Area (hectares) 987.29 hectares
Population 2,305
Male Population 1,187
Female Population 1,118
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 942
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chope compares

By the 2011 count Chope is the 10th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents. Its 987.29 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Chope

Chope is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chope 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chope from other places

Chope lies about 41 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Kansar Nawadah, about 6.7 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 Chope
Nearest railway station Kansar Nawadah 6.7 km
Nearest town Hazāribāgh 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Simaria 29 km
District headquarters Chatra 41 km

Villages closest to Chope

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chope village had a population of 2,305. That makes it the 10th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents.

Chope village has 1,187 males and 1,118 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chope has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Chope is 825103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chope covers 987.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chope falls under Simaria tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chope is Kansar Nawadah, about 6.7 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Chope.

Chope is about 41 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chope is in Simaria tehsil of Chatra district. Kansar Nawadah is about 6.7 km away. Hazāribāgh is about 15 km away. Simaria is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhenpur (under 2 km), Tibab (1.6 km) and Bargaon (1.9 km).

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

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