Chakia is a town and a subdivision in

East Champaran East Champaran or Purvi Champaran is an administrative district in the Tirhut division of the state of Bihar in India. The district headquarter is located at Motihari. Prior to 1971, there was a single Champaran District. On 1 December 1971, ...

district in the Indian state of

Bihar Bihar ( ) is a states and union territories of India, state in Eastern India. It is the list of states and union territories of India by population, second largest state by population, the List of states and union territories of India by are ...

. Chakia is a sub division of East Champaran district. It is located approximately 48 Kilometres northwest of

Muzaffarpur Muzaffarpur () is a city located in Muzaffarpur district on the banks of Burhi Gandak River, Burhi Gandak river in the Tirhut division of the Indian state of Bihar. It serves as the headquarters of the Tirhut division, the Muzaffarpur distri ...

. 32 kilometers southeast of its District headquarters

Motihari Motihari is a city and headquarters of East Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is located 80 kilometres west of Muzaffarpur and 152 kilometres northwest of the state capital Patna. In early days the land of Motihari was ruled b ...

Transportation

This town is served by a broad gauge train and connected by NH-28

Mehsi Mehsi is a CD Block and Mehsi Nagar Panchayat City and a municipality in the Purba Champaran, Purvi Champaran district in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Bihar."Mehsi in India", India9.com, 30 June 2005, webi9-Mehsi ...

city, NH-227, NH-227a, NH-227f Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur main line under the Samastipur railway division.

Demographics

India census, Chakia had a population of 16,618. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Chakia has an average literacy rate of 51%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 60% and female literacy of 40%. 20% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Blocks

The Chakia

Tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a Zila (country subdivision), district including the designated populated place that ser ...

(subdivision) is divided into 4

Community development block In India, a community development block (CD block) or simply Block is a sub-division of District, administratively earmarked for planning and development. In tribal areas, similar sub-divisions are called tribal development blocks (TD blocks). T ...

: Chakia,

, Kesariya, Kalyanpur

References

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External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20200319114547/
Chakia Town Website
*https://web.archive.org/web/20070929153637/http://eastchamparan.bih.nic.in./chakia.html District Administration Website
Chakia Related News

Chakia on Google Maps
Cities and towns in East Champaran district Bihar