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About Chandpur Village

Chandpur is a mid sized village in Machhlishahr tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 904, made up of 468 males and 436 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 932 females per 1000 males. The village covers 163.32 hectares hectares.

Chandpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chandpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jaunpur
Tehsil Machhlishahr
Area (hectares) 163.32 hectares
Population 904
Male Population 468
Female Population 436
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 932
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Chandpur compares

By the 2011 count Chandpur is the 284th largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,380 residents. Its 163.32 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1061.

Getting to Chandpur

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

How far is Chandpur from other places

Chandpur lies about 30 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Sri Krishna Nagar, about 18 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 Chandpur
Tehsil headquarters Machhlishahr 5.2 km
Nearest town Machhlīshahr 5.2 km
Nearest railway station Sri Krishna Nagar 18 km
District headquarters Jaunpur 30 km

Villages closest to Chandpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chandpur village had a population of 904. That makes it the 284th largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,380 residents.

Chandpur village has 468 males and 436 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chandpur has about 932 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1061.

Chandpur covers 163.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chandpur falls under Machhlishahr tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chandpur is Sri Krishna Nagar, about 18 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Chandpur.

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

Chandpur is in Machhlishahr tehsil of Jaunpur district. Machhlishahr is about 5.2 km away. Machhlīshahr is about 5.2 km away. Sri Krishna Nagar is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Parahit (under 2 km), Ghanghariya (under 2 km) and Ram Nagar (1.7 km).

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

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