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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
AARTI
Contact: 70****4539
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- LGD code
- 179174
- Pincode
- 272155
- Post office
- Harraiya
- Population
- 342
- Households
- 49
- Literacy rate
- 60.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1124 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 40
Census 2011 · in context
How Chhapiya compares
By population, Chhapiya ranks #926 of 1527 villages in Harraiya mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.8%
+4.9% vs mandal average
- Chhapiya
- 60.8%
- Harraiya mandal
- 55.9%
- Basti district
- 56.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,124
+157 vs mandal average
- Chhapiya
- 1,124
- Harraiya mandal
- 967
Household size
people per home
7.0
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Chhapiya
- 7.0
- Harraiya mandal
- 6.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chhapiya at a glance
Chhapiya is a village of 342 people in 49 households (Census 2011) in Harraiya tehsil, Basti district, Uttar Pradesh, the 926th-largest of 1527 villages in Harraiya tehsil. Literacy is 61%, 5 points above the tehsil average of 56% and the sex ratio is 1,124 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 272155, served by Harraiya post office; the LGD village code is 179174. The sarpanch is AARTI , and the village votes in Sandila assembly constituency, represented by MLA Alka Singh. The population is estimated at 403 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Benipur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chhapiya · this village | 342 | 61% | — |
| Benipur · Harraiya | 575 | 47% | — |
| Karanpur · Harraiya | 402 | 51% | — |
| Gadha Raja · Harraiya | 372 | 69% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chhapiya
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- BASTI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 0
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 37
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 16
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BENIPUR
- Total area (ha)
- 11.46
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 8.08
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chhapiya
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chhapiya
- LGD code
- 179174
- Pincode
- 272155
- Post office
- Harraiya
- Population (Census 2011)
- 342
- Population (projected 2026)
- 403
- Households
- 49
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1124
- Literacy rate
- 60.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Misrikh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sandila
- Member of Parliament
- Ashok Kumar Rawat
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Alka Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- AARTI
- Block / Mandal
- Harraiya
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 272155
- BihraHarraiya mandal3,005 pop
- UbhanaiHarraiya mandal2,790 pop
- Pakri JaptiHarraiya mandal2,729 pop
- Belari ShuklHarraiya mandal2,598 pop
- Nagpur TikaitHarraiya mandal2,463 pop
- Barhar KalanHarraiya mandal1,842 pop
- Khamariya SujatHarraiya mandal1,758 pop
- Thanha KhasHarraiya mandal1,627 pop
- ChorkhariHarraiya mandal1,568 pop
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)