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About Champa Village

Champa is a small village in Sundarpahari tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 99, made up of 47 males and 52 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,106 females per 1000 males. The village covers 23.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814156, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Champa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Champa village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Godda
Tehsil Sundarpahari
Pincode 814156
Area (hectares) 23.8 hectares
Population 99
Male Population 47
Female Population 52
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,106
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Champa compares

By the 2011 count Champa is the 139th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 300 residents. Its 23.8 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Champa

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

How far is Champa from other places

Champa lies about 43 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Barharwa Junction, about 17 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 Champa
Tehsil headquarters Sundarpahari 15 km
Nearest railway station Barharwa Junction 17 km
Nearest town Pakur 26 km
District headquarters Godda 43 km

Villages closest to Champa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Champa village had a population of 99. That makes it the 139th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 300 residents.

Champa village has 47 males and 52 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Champa has about 1106 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Champa is 814156. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Champa covers 23.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Champa falls under Sundarpahari tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Champa is Barharwa Junction, about 17 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 5 - 10 km distance for Champa.

Champa is about 43 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Champa is in Sundarpahari tehsil of Godda district. Sundarpahari is about 15 km away. Barharwa Junction is about 17 km away. Pakur is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Telo (1.9 km), Telodoni (1.9 km) and Kusumghati (2.3 km).

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

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