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- LGD code
- 230563
- Pincode
- 841425
- Post office
- Bathubazar
- Population
- 190
- Households
- 34
- Literacy rate
- 58.4%
- Sex ratio
- 919 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 84
Census 2011 · in context
How Kapur Chak compares
By population, Kapur Chak ranks #91 of 106 villages in Phulwaria mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.4%
+0.8% vs mandal average
- Kapur Chak
- 58.4%
- Phulwaria mandal
- 57.6%
- Gopalganj district
- 54.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
919
−95 vs mandal average
- Kapur Chak
- 919
- Phulwaria mandal
- 1,014
Household size
people per home
5.6
−0.9 vs mandal average
- Kapur Chak
- 5.6
- Phulwaria mandal
- 6.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kapur Chak at a glance
Kapur Chak is a village of 190 people in 34 households (Census 2011) in Phulwaria block, Gopalganj district, Bihar, the 91st-largest of 106 villages in Phulwaria block. Literacy is 58%, about the same as the block average of 58% and the sex ratio is 919 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 841425, served by Bathubazar post office; the LGD village code is 230563. The village votes in Hathua assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ramsewak Singh. The population is estimated at 224 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bairagi Tola →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kapur Chak · this village | 190 | 58% | — |
| Bairagi Tola · Phulwaria | 4,064 | 58% | — |
| Kunar Bathua · Phulwaria | 2,006 | 62% | — |
| Dularpur · Phulwaria | 1,934 | 48% | — |
| Lachchhan Tola · Phulwaria | 1,350 | 60% | — |
| Birsa Bathua · Phulwaria | 751 | 53% | — |
| Gular Baga Urf Kushum Bathua · Phulwaria | 476 | 43% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kapur Chak
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 2
- Power hours (winter)
- 3
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GOPALGANJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 34
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 34
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BAIRAGI TOLA
- Total area (ha)
- 42.1
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 38.5
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kapur Chak
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kapur Chak
- LGD code
- 230563
- Pincode
- 841425
- Post office
- Bathubazar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 190
- Population (projected 2026)
- 224
- Households
- 34
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 919
- Literacy rate
- 58.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Gopalganj
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Hathua
- Member of Parliament
- Alok Kumar Suman
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ramsewak Singh
- Block / Mandal
- Phulwaria
- Nearest railway station
- Sasa Musa (13.0 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 841425
- Koila DewaPhulwaria mandal8,745 pop
- Kararia BhitariPhulwaria mandal4,479 pop
- Bairagi TolaPhulwaria mandal4,064 pop
- Bathua Bajar Urf Bathua KotPhulwaria mandal4,003 pop
- Majirwa KalanPhulwaria mandal3,569 pop
- GidhaPhulwaria mandal3,108 pop
- Saunhi PattiPhulwaria mandal3,027 pop
- Kamal Kant Karariya Urf BahriPhulwaria mandal2,982 pop
- RampurPhulwaria mandal2,887 pop
Same name, different place
Other villages named Kapur Chak
Looking for a different Kapur Chak? 2 other villages share this name across India. All villages named Kapur Chak →
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Kapur Chak
Other villages in Phulwaria mandal
View all 60+ →- Koila Dewa
- Kararia Bhitari
- Bairagi Tola
- Bathua Bajar Urf Bathua Kot
- Majirwa Kalan
- Gidha
- Saunhi Patti
- Kamal Kant Karariya Urf Bahri
- Rampur
- Paikauli Bado
- Phulwaria
- Maripur
- Ganesh Dumar
- Larhpur
- Chamari Patti
- Mangha
- Dubey Batraha
- Manjha Goshain
- Dewan Parsa
- Baniya Chhapar
- Kunar Bathua
- Churaman Chak
- Dularpur
- Salar Kalan
- Salar Khurd
- Rajpur
- Balepur
- Jataha
- Girdhar Parsa
- Sagrampur
- Harihara
- Paikauli Naraen
- Rampur
- Panre Parsa
- Misir Batraha
- Sagrampur Gopal
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)