Chakia is one of the important and commercial towns and a Nagar Panchayat in Purvi Champaran district in the state of Bihar, India. Chakia is sub divisional headquarter town and also block headquarter. During the British rule, Champaran Sugar Mill was founded in 1905. sugar cane mill is now defunct since 1995. Chakia is one of the many gateways to nearby villages. Cloths and food grain traded between near by villages and Chakia. Chakia now is a rapidly growing town.