About Chapujan Village

Chapujan is a small village in Barharwa tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 496, made up of 256 males and 240 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 149 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chapujan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chapujan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Barharwa
Pincode	816119
Area (hectares)	149 hectares
Population	496
Male Population	256
Female Population	240
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	938
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chapujan compares

By the 2011 count Chapujan is the 78th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,070 residents. Its 149 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Chapujan

Chapujan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chapujan 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chapujan from other places

Chapujan lies about 45 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Barharwa Junction, about 4.5 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 Chapujan
Tehsil headquarters	Barharwa	4.2 km
Nearest railway station	Barharwa Junction	4.5 km
Nearest town	Farakka	10 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	45 km

Villages closest to Chapujan

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

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Common questions about Chapujan

As per the Census of India 2011, Chapujan village had a population of 496. That makes it the 78th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,070 residents.

Chapujan village has 256 males and 240 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chapujan has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Chapujan is 816119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chapujan covers 149 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chapujan falls under Barharwa tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chapujan is Barharwa Junction, about 4.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Chapujan.

Chapujan is about 45 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chapujan is in Barharwa tehsil of Sahibganj district. Barharwa is about 4.2 km away. Barharwa Junction is about 4.5 km away. Farakka is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.