# Chainpur Village, Jokihat, Araria (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Jokihat, Araria 

# Chainpur

Chainpur is a village in Jokihat sub-district of Araria district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **4,119 people in 790 households**, the 23rd largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.0%.

- 4,119people (2011)
- 790households
- 60.6%literacy
- 930females per 1,000 males

## Chainpur PIN code and other codes

Chainpur falls in Jokihat sub-district, Araria district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatChainpur
- Community development blockJokihat
- Census village code222181

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Chainpur from nearby towns?

- Jokihat (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Araria (district HQ)18 km by road
- Araria (nearest town)18 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Chainpur?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Chainpur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Sisauna
- ○Degree college10+ km · Araria
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Araria
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Chainpur known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 57% of the 298 hectares of village land is sown, and 130 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Chainpur

Of every 100 households in Chainpur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chainpur · ■ Jokihat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**5%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**93%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****34%**

**17%

Television ****2%**

**2%

Mobile phone ****71%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**30%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Chainpur?

■ Chainpur · ■ Jokihat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.6%**

**53.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****901**

**961

Working population ****32.9%**

**31.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.9% for men and 54.9% for women. 44% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 221 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 319 (24%) · **■** Household industry 6 (0%) · **■** Other work 71 (5%) · **■** Marginal 740 (55%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Jokihat

- Parshadpur4,814 people
- Bagnagar4,709 people
- Kesarra4,489 people
- Semaria4,220 people
- Malharia4,114 people
- Machhaila4,049 people
- Girda4,019 people
- Dabhra4,016 people

[All 99 villages in Jokihat](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/araria/jokihat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Chainpur from Araria?18 km by road
- What is the population of Chainpur?4,119 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chainpur in?Araria district (Jokihat sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Chainpur?60.6% (Census 2011)