Chainpur Subdivision - Palamu, Jharkhand

Chainpur is an administrative subdivision in the Palamu district of Jharkhand, India. It includes various villages governed through Gram Panchayats and is a key part of the district's rural administration. Chainpur is the main town for most villages within the subdivision. The nearest railway station is situated at Daltonganj, while the nearest airport is Birsa Munda Airport, located at an approximate aerial distance of 124.5 km.

The total area of the subdivision is 651 km², including 645.37 km² rural area and 5.18 km² urban area. The sex ratio is approximately 942 females per 1,000 males.

List of Villages in Chainpur Subdivision

Chainpur Subdivision has a total of 181 villages. The table below includes all villages in the Subdivision, along with their Gram Panchayat and category details:

Sl. No.	Village Name	Category	Gram Panchayat
1	Adar	Rural	Chorhat
2	Ajlatua	Rural	Kankari
3	Ajodhya Kolhua	Rural	Bhabhandi
4	Alagdiha	Rural	Basariya Kala
5	Aragara	Rural	Basdih Khurd
6	Ausane	Rural	Awsane
7	Babhandih	Rural	Bedma Babhandi
8	Babhandih.	Rural	Bhabhandi
9	Baghi	Rural	Uldanda
10	Bahera	Rural	Salatua
11	Bahera Khurd	Rural	Khura Kala
12	Baigadih	Rural	Chando
13	Bairiya	Rural	Basdih Khurd
14	Banalat	Rural	Uldanda
15	Banjari	Rural	Bhabhandi
16	Bankheta	Rural	Basdih
17	Bansdih	Rural	Basdih
18	Bansdih Khurd	Rural	Basdih Khurd
19	Banua	Rural	Banduwa
20	Baranw	Rural	Bairao
21	Barhanian	Rural	Awsane
22	Bariman	Rural	Kankari
23	Barkat	Rural	Khura Kala
24	Basaria Kalan	Rural	Basariya Kala
25	Basaria Khurd	Rural	Basariya Kala
26	Benidih	Rural	Ramgarh
27	Bhairwa	Rural	Narsinghpur Pathra
28	Bhaonadiri	Rural	Purbdiha
29	Bharganwan	Rural	Bhargaona
30	Bhat Kolhua	Rural	Purbdiha
31	Biwabathan	Rural	Chorhat
32	Bokeya Kalan	Rural	Koshiyara
33	Bokeya Khurd	Rural	Pathari A Khurd
34	Bori	Rural	Bodi
35	Burhibir	Rural	Budhibir
36	Chain Pur (Ct)	Urban	Not applicable
37	Chak Harbhonga	Rural	Mahugaona
38	Chakwa	Rural	Purbdiha
39	Chando	Rural	Chando
40	Chando Alias(Mayapur)	Rural	Hutar
41	Charka	Rural	Semra
42	Chauparia	Rural	Bedma Babhandi
43	Chenrabar	Rural	Bhabhandi
44	Chhatwa	Rural	Karso
45	Chhitra Alias Sonarakhap	Rural	Hutar
46	Chitabar Alias Dinabar	Rural	Chorhat
47	Chorhat	Rural	Chorhat
48	Chothasa	Rural	Budhibir
49	Chungra Bansdih	Rural	Basdih Khurd
50	Datam	Rural	Chorhat
51	Dhawa	Rural	Ramgarh
52	Dhelua	Rural	Ramgarh
53	Dhurhubar	Rural	Basdih
54	Doki	Rural	Khura Kala
55	Dokra	Rural	Basariya Kala
56	Duba	Rural	Awsane
57	Dulhi	Rural	Pathari A Khurd
58	Dulsulma	Rural	Basariya Kala
59	Dumri	Rural	Bhargaona
60	Gangdhara	Rural	Ornar
61	Gangi	Rural	Pathari A Khurd
62	Garda	Rural	Neura
63	Gardu	Rural	Neura
64	Golpa	Rural	Budhibir
65	Gore	Rural	Nawadih
66	Gurha	Rural	Bhargaona
67	Haminpur	Rural	Bhargaona
68	Hansa	Rural	Jhariwa
69	Hansgara	Rural	Kankari
70	Harbhonga	Rural	Jhariwa
71	Harnamar	Rural	Ornar
72	Hisra	Rural	Nawadih
73	Horanda Alias Ramgarh	Rural	Ramgarh
74	Hukwa	Rural	Kankari
75	Hutar	Rural	Hutar
76	Itko	Rural	Ornar
77	Jagarnathpur	Rural	Bhabhandi
78	Jainagra	Rural	Budhibir
79	Jhalar	Rural	Neura
80	Jharha	Rural	Bhargaona
81	Jhariwa	Rural	Jhariwa
82	Kachan	Rural	Ramgarh
83	Kakatua	Rural	Purbdiha
84	Kaleyanpur	Urban	Not applicable
85	Kankari	Rural	Kankari
86	Karakat	Rural	Banduwa
87	Karamdih	Rural	Purbdiha
88	Karma	Rural	Nawadih
89	Karso	Rural	Karso
90	Katuwal Kalan	Rural	Pathari A Khurd
91	Katuwal Khurd	Rural	Majhigaona
92	Khambhi	Rural	Salatua
93	Khapia	Rural	Awsane
94	Khauraha	Rural	Basariya Kala
95	Khiribar	Rural	Purbdiha
96	Khohri	Rural	Banduwa
97	Khura	Rural	Chando
98	Khura Kalan	Rural	Khura Kala
99	Khura Khurd	Rural	Semra
100	Khutar Kalan	Rural	Mahugaona
101	Khutar Khurd	Rural	Mahugaona
102	Kilhar	Rural	Karso
103	Kini	Rural	Basdih
104	Kokaru	Rural	Basdih Khurd
105	Kolhua Khurd	Rural	Purbdiha
106	Kosiara	Rural	Koshiyara
107	Kudaga Kalan	Rural	Semra
108	Kudaga Khurd	Rural	Banduwa
109	Kui	Rural	Basariya Kala
110	Kumni	Rural	Salatua
111	Kundpani	Rural	Chorhat
112	Kurka	Rural	Bhargaona
113	Kurkutta	Rural	Basariya Kala
114	Kutti	Rural	Nawadih
115	Ladi	Rural	Jhariwa
116	Lali	Rural	Khura Kala
117	Lidki	Rural	Purbdiha
118	Lidki.	Rural	Koshiyara
119	Loharsimi	Rural	Semra
120	Lokeya	Rural	Majhigaona
121	Mahawat Muria	Rural	Chorhat
122	Mahawat Muria Sani	Rural	Chorhat
123	Mahugawan	Rural	Mahugaona
124	Mahuliya	Rural	Purbdiha
125	Maira	Rural	Narsinghpur Pathra
126	Majhgawan	Rural	Majhigaona
127	Manke	Rural	Chorhat
128	Mantuwa	Rural	Majhigaona
129	Margara	Rural	Chorhat
130	Matauli	Rural	Bodi
131	Mathura Dohari	Rural	Narsinghpur Pathra
132	Muru	Rural	Basdih Khurd
133	Musurmu	Rural	Uldanda
134	Nagwa	Rural	Majhigaona
135	Naudiha	Rural	Narsinghpur Pathra
136	Nawa	Rural	Chorhat
137	Nawadih	Rural	Nawadih
138	Nawadih.	Rural	Hutar
139	Nenua	Rural	Rabda
140	Neura	Rural	Neura
141	Nimian	Rural	Jhariwa
142	Ornar	Rural	Ornar
143	Pachlewa	Rural	Karso
144	Paneribandh	Rural	Jhariwa
145	Parsakhar Alias Barwakhar	Rural	Chando
146	Parsiya	Rural	Purbdiha
147	Patarhia Kalan	Rural	Pathari A Khurd
148	Patarhia Khurd	Rural	Pathari A Khurd
149	Pataria	Rural	Basdih
150	Pathar Alias Narsinhapur	Rural	Narsinghpur Pathra
151	Pinrhe	Rural	Basdih Khurd
152	Pinrra	Rural	Bhargaona
153	Purna Majhgawan	Rural	Majhigaona
154	Rabda	Rural	Rabda
155	Rajhara	Rural	Basariya Kala
156	Rampur	Rural	Koshiyara
157	Ranital	Rural	Bhargaona
158	Ranki	Rural	Bhargaona
159	Salatua	Rural	Salatua
160	Saram	Rural	Rabda
161	Sarhauwa	Rural	Nawadih
162	Sarja	Rural	Uldanda
163	Semaria	Rural	Neura
164	Semra	Rural	Semra
165	Serka	Rural	Uldanda
166	Shah Pur (Ct)	Urban	Not applicable
167	Sheopur	Rural	Mahugaona
168	Sokra	Rural	Basariya Kala
169	Sonpurwa	Rural	Mahugaona
170	Sukri	Rural	Basdih
171	Talapara	Rural	Basdih
172	Taleya Khas	Rural	Bhabhandi
173	Tali	Rural	Mahugaona
174	Temrain	Rural	Neura
175	Tenla	Rural	Koshiyara
176	Tolapara Jhalbar	Rural	Basdih
177	Turuk Taleya Alias Purubdih	Rural	Purbdiha
178	Uldanda	Rural	Uldanda
179	Ulman	Rural	Basdih
180	Ulman.	Rural	Basdih Khurd
181	Uter	Rural	Basdih Khurd

Population of Chainpur Subdivision

As per the Census 2011, Chainpur Subdivision has a total population of 2,26,550 people, consisting of 1,16,634 males and 1,09,916 females. There are 42,957 households in the subdivision with an average population density of 348 people per km². The table below shows the rural and urban breakup of population and households:

Category	Total	Rural	Urban
Total Population	2,26,550	2,04,849	21,701
Male Population	1,16,634	1,05,357	11,277
Female Population	1,09,916	99,492	10,424
Total Households	42,957	39,056	3,901
Population Density	348 / km²	317 / km²	4,189 / km²

Beyond these basic counts, the subdivision has 1,06,770 literate people and 41,648 children (0–6 years). The demographic distribution also includes 47,671 from Scheduled Caste (SC) and 41,451 from Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities. Detailed rural and urban data for these categories is provided below:

Category	Total	Rural	Urban
Child Population (Age 0–6)	41,648	38,258	3,390
Literate Population	1,06,770	93,173	13,597
Illiterate Population	1,19,780	1,11,676	8,104
Scheduled Caste (SC) Population	47,671	45,569	2,102
Scheduled Tribe (ST) Population	41,451	40,902	549

NOTE: Population and area figures shown here are based on Census 2011. Administrative boundaries may have changed, so the figures may include combined values for areas that were reorganized later.

Subdivision Overview
Subdivision (Hindi)	Chainpur (चैनपुर)
District	Palamu
State / UT	Jharkhand
Railway Station	Daltonganj
Total Area	651 km²
Sex Ratio (2011)	942
Total Population (2011)	2,26,550
Density	348/km²
Total Villages	181

Nearby Subdivisions in Palamu
Bishrampur	Manatu
Medininagar(Daltonganj)	Nawa Bazar
Nilambar-Pitambarpur(Lesliganj)	Padwa
Panki	Patan
Satbarwa	Tarhasi