# Chanchar Village, Shahpur, Bhojpur (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Shahpur, Bhojpur 

# Chanchar

Chanchar is a village in Shahpur sub-district of Bhojpur district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,216 people in 180 households**, the 54th largest of 86 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.0%.

- 1,216people (2011)
- 180households
- 70.5%literacy
- 842females per 1,000 males

## Chanchar PIN code and other codes

Chanchar falls in Shahpur sub-district, Bhojpur district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatGaura
- Community development blockShahpur
- Census village code246636

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

## How far is Chanchar from nearby towns?

- Shahpur (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Arrah (district HQ)30 km by road
- Shahpur (nearest town)12 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 Chanchar?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Chanchar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Nargada
- ○Degree college10+ km · Arrah
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Arrah
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and canal / river

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 Chanchar known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 97% of the 318 hectares of village land is sown, and 295 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 Chanchar

Of every 100 households in Chanchar in 2011, 0 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Chanchar · ■ Shahpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**5%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****67%**

**74%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**90%

Use banking services ****86%**

**63%

Television ****25%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**2%

None of these assets ****11%**

**15%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Chanchar?

■ Chanchar · ■ Shahpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.5%**

**70.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****842**

**894

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****840**

**909

Working population ****60.9%**

**31.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.8% for men and 58.2% for women. 67% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 57 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 72 (10%) · **■** Household industry 18 (2%) · **■** Other work 98 (13%) · **■** Marginal 495 (67%)

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 Shahpur

- Dewaich Kundi1,281 people
- Milki Gopalpur1,254 people
- Nargada1,226 people
- Bansipur1,220 people
- Garaya1,210 people
- Jawania1,146 people
- Tikthi1,117 people
- Lachhmanpur1,067 people

[All 137 villages in Shahpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/bhojpur/shahpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Chanchar from Arrah?30 km by road
- What is the population of Chanchar?1,216 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chanchar in?Bhojpur district (Shahpur sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Chanchar?70.5% (Census 2011)