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About Chaipi Village

Chaipi is a small village in Erki tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 250, made up of 114 males and 136 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,193 females per 1000 males. The village covers 241 hectares hectares.

Chaipi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaipi village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Khunti
Tehsil Erki
Area (hectares) 241 hectares
Population 250
Male Population 114
Female Population 136
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,193
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chaipi compares

By the 2011 count Chaipi is the 93rd largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 626 residents. Its 241 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Chaipi

Chaipi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chaipi 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 Chaipi from other places

Chaipi lies about 23 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Chakradharpur, about 35 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 Chaipi
Tehsil headquarters Erki 23 km
District headquarters Khunti 23 km
Nearest railway station Chakradharpur 35 km

Villages closest to Chaipi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaipi village had a population of 250. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 626 residents.

Chaipi village has 114 males and 136 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaipi has about 1193 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1005.

Chaipi covers 241 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chaipi falls under Erki tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chaipi is Chakradharpur, about 35 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 Chaipi.

Chaipi is about 23 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaipi is in Erki tehsil of Khunti district. Erki is about 23 km away. Khunti is about 23 km away. Chakradharpur is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gomiburu (under 2 km), Sobradih (under 2 km) and Kulburu (under 2 km).

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

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