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About Chainpur Village

Chainpur is a mid sized village in Chandil tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 769, made up of 370 males and 399 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,078 females per 1000 males. The village covers 168 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 832401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chainpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chainpur village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil Chandil
Pincode 832401
Area (hectares) 168 hectares
Population 769
Male Population 370
Female Population 399
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,078
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Chainpur compares

By the 2011 count Chainpur is the 54th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,064 residents. Its 168 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Chainpur

The census records public bus service for Chainpur as Available within <5 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 Chainpur from other places

Chainpur lies about 7.6 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Birbans, about 2.0 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 Chainpur
Nearest railway station Birbans 2.0 km
District headquarters Saraikela Kharsawan 7.6 km
Nearest town Bhetia 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Chandil 19 km

Villages closest to Chainpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chainpur village had a population of 769. That makes it the 54th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,064 residents.

Chainpur village has 370 males and 399 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chainpur has about 1078 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 964.

The pincode recorded for Chainpur is 832401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chainpur covers 168 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chainpur falls under Chandil tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chainpur is Birbans, about 2.0 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Chainpur.

Chainpur is about 7.6 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chainpur is in Chandil tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Birbans is about 2.0 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 7.6 km away. Bhetia is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghoraling (8.9 km), Saharbera (9.3 km) and Kadlakocha (9.6 km).

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

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