| Chakia | |
| Native Name Lang: | hi |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | India Uttar Pradesh#India3 |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Uttar Pradesh, India[1] |
| Coordinates: | 25.05°N 83.22°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Uttar Pradesh |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Chandauli |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation M: | 78 |
| Population Total: | 13667 |
| Population As Of: | 2001 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Additional official |
| Demographics1 Info2: | Urdu |
| Demographics1 Title3: | Regional |
| Demographics1 Info3: | Bhojpuri |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code: | 232103 |
Chakia (sometimes 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.
The town has an average elevation of .
The Chandra Prabha Wildlife Sanctuary, famous for its flora and fauna in the hills of Vindhyas, is a stone throw-away from the town of Chakia.
The tehsil consists of forests, dams, rivers and hills most of which form the Chandra Prabha Sanctuary. Karamnasa, Chandraprabha and Garai rivers drain the tehsil.
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.
The economy of the region is largely agricultural.
India census,[2] the Chakia Nagar Panchayat had a population of 17,356, of which 9,050 were males, and 8,306 were females.
Population of children aged 0–6 years was 2,440 which translated into 14.06% of total population of the Nagar Panchayat. Sex ratio was 918 females per 1,000 males against state average of 912 females per 1,000 males. Moreover, child sex ratio in Chakia was around 883:1,000 compared to Uttar Pradesh's average of 902:1,000. Chakia's literacy rate was 75.90%, which was higher than state average of 67.68%. In Chakia, male literacy rate was around 81.43% compared to female's 69.91%.
No regular mass-transit to and from Chakia is available these days. Government-run bus service of past is infrequently available. The nearest railway station, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay, is approximately 30 kilometres away.The nearest airport, the Lal Bahadur Shastri International, named after the second prime minister of India, is nearly 60 kilometers northwest from Chakia.