CHAPRA

chapra, or chupra, a town of british india, the administrative headquarters of saran district in bengal, near the left bank of the river gogra, just above its confluence with the ganges; with a railway station on the bengal & north-western line towards oudh. pop. (1901) 45,901, showing a decrease of 21% in the decade. there are a government high school, a german lutheran mission, and a public library endowed by a former maharaja of hatwa. chapra is the centre of trade in indigo and saltpetre, and conducts a large business by water as well as by rail.