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About Chanpi Village

Chanpi is a mid sized village in Potka tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 691, made up of 336 males and 355 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,057 females per 1000 males. The village covers 226 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 831002, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chanpi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chanpi village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil Potka
Pincode 831002
Area (hectares) 226 hectares
Population 691
Male Population 336
Female Population 355
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,057
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Chanpi compares

By the 2011 count Chanpi is the 91st largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 675 residents. Its 226 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Chanpi

The census records public bus service for Chanpi as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chanpi from other places

Chanpi lies about 90 km from Purbi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Barabambo, about 5.9 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 Chanpi
Nearest railway station Barabambo 5.9 km
Nearest town Chakradharpur 6.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Potka 20 km
District headquarters Purbi Singhbhum 90 km

Villages closest to Chanpi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chanpi village had a population of 691. That makes it the 91st largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 675 residents.

Chanpi village has 336 males and 355 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chanpi has about 1057 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Chanpi is 831002. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chanpi covers 226 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chanpi falls under Potka tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chanpi is Barabambo, about 5.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Chanpi.

Chanpi is about 90 km from Purbi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chanpi is in Potka tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. Barabambo is about 5.9 km away. Chakradharpur is about 6.1 km away. Potka is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dudhkundi (1.7 km), Bhutka (4.9 km) and Bara Pichkabasa (7.2 km).

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

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