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Chhapra (ISO: Chaparā) is a city and headquarters of the Saran District in the Indian state of Bihar. It is situated near the junction of the Ghaghara River and the Ganges River . Chhapra grew in importance as a river-based market in the 18th century when the Dutch, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] French, Portuguese, and English established saltpeter refineries ...
Chhapra Lok Sabha constituency was in Bihar and it existed until 2008, after which it was replaced by Saran Lok Sabha constituency, when delimitation was done.
New Chhapra railway station built under Nitish Kumar government. Chhapra Junction railway station, station code CPR, is a railway station in Saran district in the Indian state of Bihar. Located on the North Eastern railway, it is named after Rithala Officer in Incharge Praveen Verma. This city is situated near the Ghaghara River and the Ganga.
Chirand, 10 kilometres east of Chhapra, is a stratified Neolithic, Chalcolithic, and Iron Age settlement, which is known for its continuous archaeological record from the Neolithic age (about 2500–1345 BC) to the reign of the Pal dynasty who ruled during the pre-medieval period. [4]
Details of Divisions Map Division Headquarter Area Population * 2011 #District Districts Patna: Patna: 16,960 km 2 (6,550 sq mi) 17,734,739 6 Patna: Nalanda: Bhojpur
The vaishya community has 10-12% population in Chhapra. As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 118 Chapra Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Chhapra municipality and Naini, Fakuli, Karinga, Sadha, Mouna, Tenua and Barhara Mahaji gram panchayats of Chapra community development block ...
Saran division is an administrative geographical unit of Bihar state of India. Chhapra is the administrative headquarters of the division. Currently (2005), the division consists of Saran district, also called Chhapra District, Siwan district, Gopalganj district.This is the only division in Bihar, in which all the districts share a boundary with another state; Uttar Pradesh.
National Highway 19 or NH 19, (currently known as NH 31), is a National Highway in India that links Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh with Patna in Bihar.This 240 km (150 mi)-long route passes through Ballia, Chhapra, Sonpur, Iduvoi, and Hajipur.