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About Chapra Village

Chapra is a small village in Jalalabad tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 378, made up of 217 males and 161 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 742 females per 1000 males. The village covers 117 hectares hectares.

Chapra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chapra village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Shahjahanpur
Tehsil Jalalabad
Area (hectares) 117 hectares
Population 378
Male Population 217
Female Population 161
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 742
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Chapra compares

By the 2011 count Chapra is the 321st largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,452 residents. Its 117 hectares work out to about 3.2 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 831.

Getting to Chapra

Chapra is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Chapra as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chapra from other places

Chapra lies about 45 km from Shahjahanpur, and the nearest railway station is Milakpur, about 30 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 Chapra
Nearest town Dātāganj 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Jalalabad 23 km
Nearest railway station Milakpur 30 km
District headquarters Shahjahanpur 45 km

Villages closest to Chapra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chapra village had a population of 378. That makes it the 321st largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,452 residents.

Chapra village has 217 males and 161 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chapra has about 742 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 831.

Chapra covers 117 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chapra falls under Jalalabad tehsil of Shahjahanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chapra is Milakpur, about 30 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Chapra.

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

Chapra is in Jalalabad tehsil of Shahjahanpur district. Dātāganj is about 21 km away. Jalalabad is about 23 km away. Milakpur 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 Ratheli (under 2 km), Gahbria Urf Kundari (1.7 km) and Kundariya (1.7 km).

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

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