 The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 4,359 people (2002 census).In Serbian, the village is known as "Čonoplja" (Чонопља), in German as "Tschonopel", in Croatian as "Čonoplja", in Bunjevac as "Čonoplja", and in Hungarian as "Csonoplya".The oldest relics found at this location are dated back to the late Stone Age.