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About Chapri Village

Chapri is a mid sized village in Musabani tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 971, made up of 471 males and 500 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,062 females per 1000 males. The village covers 341 hectares hectares.

Chapri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chapri village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil Musabani
Area (hectares) 341 hectares
Population 971
Male Population 471
Female Population 500
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,062
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chapri compares

By the 2011 count Chapri is the 28th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,337 residents. Its 341 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Chapri

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

Chapri lies about 18 km from Purbi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Galudih, about 3.8 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 Chapri
Nearest railway station Galudih 3.8 km
Nearest town Ghātsīla 7.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Musabani 12 km
District headquarters Purbi Singhbhum 18 km

Villages closest to Chapri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chapri village had a population of 971. That makes it the 28th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,337 residents.

Chapri village has 471 males and 500 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chapri has about 1062 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1023.

Chapri covers 341 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chapri falls under Musabani tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chapri is Galudih, about 3.8 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Chapri.

Chapri is about 18 km from Purbi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chapri is in Musabani tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. Galudih is about 3.8 km away. Ghātsīla is about 7.6 km away. Musabani is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kendadi (2.4 km), Benashol (5.1 km) and Sohada (6.1 km).

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

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