Chanpatia

Chanpatia
Chanpatia; lal chowk chanpatia.
	Town
	Chanpatia Location in Bihar, India Chanpatia Chanpatia (India)
	Coordinates: 26.94543°N 84.55238°E
Country	India
State	Bihar
District	Pashchim Champaran
Population (2001)
• Total	22,029
Languages
• Official	Bhojpuri, Hindi,Urdu,English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	IN-BR
Lok Sabha constituency	Paschim Champaran
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Chanpatia
Website	westchamparan.bih.nic.in

Chanpatia is a town and a notified area in Paschim Champaran district in the state of Bihar, India.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[1] Chanpatia had a population of 34,098. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Chanpatia has an average literacy rate of 49%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 58% and female literacy of 39%. 19% of the population is under 6 years of age.and nothing deployment this city. Major crops grown in this area are sugarcane, wheat and rice. Basmati rice and marcha ka chuda (Poha) is famous in Chanpatia. Chanpatia is a small railway station between Bettiah and Narkatiaganj.

Devotional Beliefs

Chatth Puja is celebrated very religiously alogwith durga puja & diwali. Purbi Mai is famous ancient temple near Chanpatia railway Station.

Local Language

Bhojpuri, Hindi and English are the major languages in Chanpatia.

Chanpatia- Dispensary, India, ca. 1906

Chanpatia- Boy's school, India, 1914

References

"Census of India 2001: Data from the 20 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.

26°56′44″N 84°33′09″E

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[1] "Census of India 2001: Data from the 20 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.