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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Chapri is a village in Imamganj mandal, Gaya district, Bihar. It has a population of 419 across 67 households, with a literacy rate of 44.6%.
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- LGD code
- 256032
- Pincode
- 824206
- Post office
- Imamganj
- Population
- 419
- Households
- 67
- Literacy rate
- 44.6%
- Sex ratio
- 922 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 145
- Distance to district centre
- 156 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 221 km
- Distance to Patna
- 236 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 303 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ammapali · 13 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Hari Devi Referral Hospital · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chapri compares
By population, Chapri ranks #134 of 196 villages in Imamganj mandal.
Literacy rate
%
44.6%
−4.2% vs mandal average
- Chapri
- 44.6%
- Imamganj mandal
- 48.8%
- Gaya district
- 52.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
922
−23 vs mandal average
- Chapri
- 922
- Imamganj mandal
- 945
Household size
people per home
6.3
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Chapri
- 6.3
- Imamganj mandal
- 6.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chapri at a glance
Chapri is a village of 419 people in 67 households (Census 2011) in Imamganj block, Gaya district, Bihar, the 134th-largest of 196 villages in Imamganj block. Literacy is 45%, 4 points below the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 922 women per 1,000 men. It lies 156 km from the Gaya district centre, 5 km from Karma, the nearest town, 13 km from Ammapali railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 824206, served by Imamganj post office; the LGD village code is 256032. The nearest hospital or health centre is Hari Devi Referral Hospital, 4 km away. The village votes in Mahua assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanjay Kumar Singh. The population is estimated at 494 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chapri
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 0
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SHERGHATI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 36
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 85
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Jhikatiya kalan
- Total area (ha)
- 49
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 46.1
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chapri
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chapri
- LGD code
- 256032
- Pincode
- 824206
- Post office
- Imamganj
- Population (Census 2011)
- 419
- Population (projected 2026)
- 494
- Households
- 67
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 922
- Literacy rate
- 44.6%
- Coordinates
- 25.15812°N, 87.43254°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hajipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mahua
- Member of Parliament
- Chirag Paswan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sanjay Kumar Singh
- Block / Mandal
- Imamganj
- Nearest bank
- Uttar Buhar Gramin Bank (221.9 km)
Getting there
How to reach Chapri
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna236 kmcapital
- Kolkata303 km
- Delhi1084 km
- Hyderabad1267 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationAmmapali13 km
- Hospital / PHCHari Devi Referral Hospital4 km
- ATM / banksbi37 km
- CollegeBCE Bhagalpur41 km
- Police stationNaka No 2(Police Station)43 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)