Chhapra

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Chhapra is a city in the Indian state of Bihar, known as the administrative headquarters of Saran district and a regional commercial and transportation hub along the Ganges River.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Chhapra canonical 28
Chhapra urban area 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
additionalOfficialLanguage Urdu ⓘ
linked to: Urdu language
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country India ⓘ
distanceTo about 70 km northwest of Patna ⓘ
division Saran division ⓘ
economicActivity agricultural trade ⓘ
retail and wholesale markets ⓘ
governingBody Chhapra Municipal Corporation ⓘ
hasBridgeConnection Digha–Sonpur rail–road bridge vicinity ⓘ
hasBusTerminal Chhapra bus stand ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Jai Prakash University ⓘ
hasIndustrialActivity small-scale industries and services ⓘ
hasLokSabhaConstituency Saran Lok Sabha constituency ⓘ
hasNationalHighwayConnection National Highway 19 (India) ⓘ
National Highway 31 (India) ⓘ
hasNearbyAirport Jay Prakash Narayan Airport, Patna ⓘ
hasRailwayStation Chhapra Junction railway station ⓘ
Chhapra Kacheri railway station ⓘ
hasRiverPortHistory true ⓘ
hasUniversity Jai Prakash University ⓘ
hasVidhanSabhaConstituency Chhapra Assembly constituency ⓘ
historicalRegion ancient Saran ⓘ
isAdministrativeHeadquartersOf Saran district ⓘ
isDistrictHeadquarters true ⓘ
isRegionalHubFor commerce ⓘ
transportation ⓘ
isUrbanCenterOf Saran district ⓘ
latitude approximately 25.78 N ⓘ
localLanguage Bhojpuri ⓘ
locatedIn Bihar ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Saran district ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Ganges River ⓘ
linked to: Ganges
longitude approximately 84.73 E ⓘ
namedAfter possibly derived from "Chapra" meaning hut or thatched roof ⓘ
namedFor association with thatched huts (chapra) historically ⓘ
nearestMajorCity Patna ⓘ
officialLanguage Hindi ⓘ
populationCategory medium-sized city ⓘ
postalCode 841301 ⓘ
railwayDivision Varanasi railway division ⓘ
railwayZone North Eastern Railway zone ⓘ
region Saran region ⓘ
riverBankSettlement north bank of the Ganges River ⓘ
stateCapitalOf null ⓘ
timeZone Indian Standard Time ⓘ
UTCOffset +05:30 ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode BR-04 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ghaghara → confluenceLocation → Chhapra ⓘ
Bihar → containsCity → Chhapra ⓘ
Saran district → hasMajorTown → Chhapra ⓘ
Western Bihar → majorCity → Chhapra ⓘ
subject linked to: western Bihar
Saran region → hasMajorTown → Chhapra ⓘ
Saran region → hasSettlement → Chhapra ⓘ
Chhapra Municipal Corporation → regionServed → Chhapra urban area ⓘ
linked to: Chhapra
Jai Prakash University → city → Chhapra ⓘ
Chhapra bus stand → cityServed → Chhapra ⓘ
Chhapra bus stand → locatedIn → Chhapra ⓘ