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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Hira Chhapra is a small village in Adapur mandal, Purbi Champaran district, Bihar, with a population of 783 across 164 households. The literacy rate is 30.1%, and it is located at coordinates 26.913°N, 84.911°E.
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- LGD code
- 217545
- Pincode
- 845301
- Post office
- Adapur
- Population
- 783
- Households
- 164
- Literacy rate
- 30.1%
- Sex ratio
- 834 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 194
- Distance to district centre
- 88 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 33 km
- Distance to Patna
- 148 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 595 km
- Nearest railway station
- Adapur · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Samudayik Swastha Ekai · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Hira Chhapra compares
By population, Hira Chhapra ranks #58 of 60 villages in Adapur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
30.1%
−11.0% vs mandal average
- Hira Chhapra
- 30.1%
- Adapur mandal
- 41.1%
- Purbi Champaran district
- 44.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
834
−52 vs mandal average
- Hira Chhapra
- 834
- Adapur mandal
- 886
Household size
people per home
4.8
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Hira Chhapra
- 4.8
- Adapur mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Hira Chhapra at a glance
Hira Chhapra is a village of 783 people in 164 households (Census 2011) in Adapur block, Purbi Champaran district, Bihar, the 58th-largest of 60 villages in Adapur block. Literacy is 30%, 11 points below the block average of 41% and the sex ratio is 834 women per 1,000 men. It lies 88 km from the Purbi Champaran district centre, 2 km from Bairiya, the nearest town, 3 km from Adapur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 845301, served by Adapur post office; the LGD village code is 217545. The nearest hospital or health centre is Samudayik Swastha Ekai, 9 km away. The village votes in Chiraia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Lal Babu Prasad Gupta. The population is estimated at 923 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Hira Chhapra
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- 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
- RAXAUL
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 12
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 42
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- bailwa
- Total area (ha)
- 102.3
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 91.2
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Hira Chhapra
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Hira Chhapra
- LGD code
- 217545
- Pincode
- 845301
- Post office
- Adapur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 783
- Population (projected 2026)
- 923
- Households
- 164
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 834
- Literacy rate
- 30.1%
- Coordinates
- 26.91278°N, 84.91119°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Sheohar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Chiraia
- Member of Parliament
- Lovely Anand
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Lal Babu Prasad Gupta
- Block / Mandal
- Adapur
Getting there
How to reach Hira Chhapra
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna148 kmcapital
- Kolkata595 km
- Delhi781 km
- Hyderabad1248 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationAdapur3 km
- Hospital / PHCSamudayik Swastha Ekai9 km
- ATM / bankSBI ATM9 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil8 km
- CollegeMahatma Gandhi Central University33 km
- Police stationAPF Nepal, BOP matiwarwa7 km
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)