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About Champa Village

Champa is a mid sized village in Mahuadanr tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,547, made up of 823 males and 724 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1065 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Champa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Champa village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Latehar
Tehsil Mahuadanr
Pincode 822126
Area (hectares) 1065 hectares
Population 1,547
Male Population 823
Female Population 724
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 880
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Champa compares

By the 2011 count Champa is the 7th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 740 residents. Its 1065 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 985.

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 5 - 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 Champa from other places

Champa lies about 62 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Kajri, about 20 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 Mahuadanr 20 km
Nearest railway station Kajri 20 km
Nearest town Medininagar 27 km
District headquarters Latehar 62 km

Villages closest to Champa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mahuadanr 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 1,547. That makes it the 7th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 740 residents.

Champa village has 823 males and 724 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Champa has about 880 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 985.

The pincode recorded for Champa is 822126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Champa covers 1065 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Champa falls under Mahuadanr tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Champa is Kajri, about 20 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Champa.

Champa is about 62 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Champa is in Mahuadanr tehsil of Latehar district. Mahuadanr is about 20 km away. Kajri is about 20 km away. Medininagar is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jaipur (8.5 km), Chetma (9.0 km) and Kuro Kalan (11 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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