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About Chaparhat Village

Chaparhat is a mid sized village in Sahjanwa tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,276, made up of 674 males and 602 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 202.08 hectares hectares.

Chaparhat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaparhat village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Sahjanwa
Area (hectares) 202.08 hectares
Population 1,276
Male Population 674
Female Population 602
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 893
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chaparhat compares

By the 2011 count Chaparhat is the 105th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 202.08 hectares work out to about 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Chaparhat

Chaparhat is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Chaparhat as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Chaparhat from other places

Chaparhat lies about 12 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Domingarh, about 11 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 Chaparhat
Nearest railway station Domingarh 11 km
District headquarters Gorakhpur 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Sahjanwa 14 km

Villages closest to Chaparhat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaparhat village had a population of 1,276. That makes it the 105th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Chaparhat village has 674 males and 602 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaparhat has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Chaparhat covers 202.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Chaparhat falls under Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chaparhat is Domingarh, about 11 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Chaparhat.

Chaparhat is about 12 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaparhat is in Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Domingarh is about 11 km away. Gorakhpur is about 12 km away. Sahjanwa is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kandrai (under 2 km), Basantpur (under 2 km) and Gopalpur (1.5 km).

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

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