Chakia is one of the important and commercial city and a Nagar Parishad in Purvi Champaran District in the state of Bihar, India. Chakia is City Council and also block headquarter. During the British rule, Champaran Sugar Mill was founded in 1905. Sugar Cane Mill is now defunct since 1995. Chakia is one of the many gateways to nearby villages. Cloths and food grain traded between nearby villages and Chakia. Chakia now is a rapidly growing city. Chakia has many old and famous places of worship like Baudhi Devi Mandir, Shree Rani Sati Mandir, Balkhana Devi Mandir, Durga Mandir, Maruti Mandir (Bife Bazaar), Hanumaan Mandir (Bara Bazaar), Hanumaan Mandir (Railway Station), Noori Masjid, Jama Masjid and many more. The downtown area of Chakia is Kesriya Road or Main Road, Sahebganj Road, Station Road, Motihari Road, Hospital Road and Madhuban Road. Their areas are densely populated with small shops as well as a branded or non-branded shop selling various types of goods and services. The associate Post Office is called Bara Chakia. This town is served by a broad gauge train and connected by NH-28. The railway station is called Chakia. It is also the closest railway station to Kesaria Stupa, a Buddhist pilgrimage site.

Population, Caste, Religion Data

Chakia of Purbi Champaran district has a total population of 216,276 as per the Census 2011. Out of which 112,004 are males while 104,272 are females. In 2011 total 40,438 families were residing in Chakia. The Average Sex Ratio of Chakia is 931.

As per Census 2011 out of the total population, 9.6% of people live in urban areas while 90.4% lives in rural areas. The average literacy rate in urban areas is 73.5% while that in the rural areas is 56.9%. Also, the Sex Ratio of Urban areas in Chakia is 882 while that of Rural areas is 936.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Chakia is 42337 which is 20% of the total population. There are 21764 male children and 20573 female children between the age of 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011, the Child Sex Ratio of Chakia is 945 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio ( 931 ) of Chakia.

The total literacy rate of Chakia Block is 58.57%. The male literacy rate is 54.9% and the female literacy rate is 38.74% in Chakia Block.

To facilitate the administration, Chakia is further divided into 1 town and 78 villages.

Chakia Data

As per the Population Census 2011 data, the following are some quick facts about Chakia.

Caste-wise Population – Chakia

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.2% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.1% of the total population in Chakia of.

Religion-wise Population – Chakia

Literacy Rate – Chakia

Average literacy rate of Chakia in 2011 was 58.57% in which, male and female literacy was 68.14% and 48.26% respectively. Total literate in Chakia were 101,884 of which male and female were 61,491 and 40,393 respectively.

Sex Ratio – Chakia

The Sex Ratio of Chakia is 931. Thus for every 1000 men, there were 931 females in Chakia. Also as per Census 2011, the Child Sex Ration was 945 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio ( 931 ) of Chakia.

Child Population – Chakia

According to Census 2011, there were 42,337 children between age 0 to 6 years in Chakia.Out of which 21,764 were male while 20,573 were female.

Urban/Rural Population – Chakia

As per Census 2011, there are total 3,618 families under Chakia living in urban areas while 3,618 families are living within Rural areas. Thus around 9.6% of the total population of Chakia lives in Urban areas while 90.4% lives under Rural areas. The population of children (0 – 6 years) in the urban region is 3,483 while that in a rural region is 38,854.

Working Population – Chakia

In Chakia out of the total population, 67,402 were engaged in work activities. 68.1% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.9% were involved in Marginal activity providing a livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 67,402 workers engaged in Main Work, 10,265 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 23,421 were Agricultural labourer.