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About Chapna Village

Chapna is a mid sized village in Maihar tehsil, in the district of Satna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,353, made up of 718 males and 635 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 364.07 hectares hectares.

Chapna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chapna village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Satna
Tehsil Maihar
Area (hectares) 364.07 hectares
Population 1,353
Male Population 718
Female Population 635
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 884
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chapna compares

By the 2011 count Chapna is the 89th largest of the 238 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,325 residents. Its 364.07 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Chapna

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

How far is Chapna from other places

Chapna lies about 30 km from Satna, and the nearest railway station is Unchhera, about 14 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 Chapna
Nearest railway station Unchhera 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Maihar 16 km
District headquarters Satna 30 km

Villages closest to Chapna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chapna village had a population of 1,353. That makes it the 89th largest of the 238 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,325 residents.

Chapna village has 718 males and 635 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chapna has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Chapna covers 364.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chapna falls under Maihar tehsil of Satna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chapna is Unchhera, about 14 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 5 - 10 km distance for Chapna.

Chapna is about 30 km from Satna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chapna is in Maihar tehsil of Satna district. Unchhera is about 14 km away. Maihar is about 16 km away. Satna is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gobri (under 2 km), Tamoriya (under 2 km) and Karaundi Dubey (1.6 km).

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

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