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About Chakia
Chakia (Hindi: चकिया, some times written as Chakiya) is a small town (nagar panchayat) and the sub-divisional headquarters of Chakia Tehsil in the District of Chandauli of Varanasi Division in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
From the Wikipedia article Chakia, Uttar Pradesh (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
History
In British India Chakia was part of the Benares State and was one of the tehsils of Varanasi district until 1997. The tehsil stretches from Gangetic plains to the center of Vindhyas plateau. A good part of the tehsil lies on the Vindhya plateau.
From the History section of Chakia, Uttar Pradesh on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport (VNS) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 57 km away.
- Ahraura 19 km west, about 19 min by car
- Chandauli 24 km north, about 24 min by car
- Bat 26 km southwest, about 26 min by car
- Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar 28 km north, about 28 min by car
- Dīkshitpur 28 km northwest, about 28 min by car
- Rāmnagar 31 km northwest, about 31 min by car
- Chunār 35 km west, about 35 min by car
- Varanasi 37 km northwest, about 37 min by car
- Bhabhua 39 km east, about 39 min by car
- Robertsganj 43 km south, about 43 min by car
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