About Chainpur Village

Chainpur is a mid sized village in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 798, made up of 398 males and 400 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,005 females per 1000 males. The village covers 215 hectares hectares.

Chainpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chainpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dhanbad
Tehsil	Nirsa Cum Chirkunda
Area (hectares)	215 hectares
Population	798
Male Population	398
Female Population	400
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,005
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chainpur compares

By the 2011 count Chainpur is the 129th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents. Its 215 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Chainpur

Chainpur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Chainpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Chainpur from other places

Chainpur lies about 24 km from Dhanbad, and the nearest railway station is Giridih, about 21 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 railway station	Giridih	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nirsa Cum Chirkunda	24 km
District headquarters	Dhanbad	24 km

Villages closest to Chainpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda 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 798. That makes it the 129th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents.

Chainpur village has 398 males and 400 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chainpur has about 1005 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

Chainpur covers 215 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chainpur falls under Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chainpur is Giridih, about 21 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 10+ km distance for Chainpur.

Chainpur is about 24 km from Dhanbad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chainpur is in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil of Dhanbad district. Giridih is about 21 km away. Nirsa Cum Chirkunda is about 24 km away. Dhanbad is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.