Chakia Barachakia
Town
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Chakia Location in East Champaran, Bihar, India
Coordinates: 26°25′N 85°03′E / 26.42°N 85.05°E / 26.42; 85.05
Country	India
State	Bihar
District	East Champaran
Ward(s)	25
Government
• Type	Nagar Parishad
• Body	Chakia Nagar Parishad
Elevation	52 m (171 ft)
Population  (2021)
• Total	17,356
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
• Regional/Spoken	Bhojpuri
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	845412[1]
Telephone code	06257
ISO 3166 code	IN-BR
Lok Sabha constituency	Purvi Champaran
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Pipra
Website	https://www.e-chakia.com/

Chakia is a town and a subdivision in East Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar. Chakia is a sub division of East Champaran district. It is located approximately 48 Kilometres northwest of Muzaffarpur. 32 kilometers southeast of its District headquarters Motihari.

Transportation

This town is served by a broad gauge train and connected by NH-28 Mehsi city, Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur main line under the Samastipur railway division.^[2][3]

Demographics

As of 2011^[update] India census,^[4] Chakia had a population of 20,686. 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 (subdivision) is divided into 4 Community development block: Chakia, Mehsi, Kesariya and Kalyanpur.