About Phatu Chak Village

Phatu Chak is a large village in Dhuraiya tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,036, made up of 1,088 males and 948 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 157 hectares hectares.

Phatu Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Phatu Chak village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Dhuraiya
Area (hectares)	157 hectares
Population	2,036
Male Population	1,088
Female Population	948
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	871
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Phatu Chak compares

By the 2011 count Phatu Chak is the 34th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents. Its 157 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Phatu Chak

Phatu Chak is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Phatu Chak as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Phatu Chak from other places

Phatu Chak lies about 26 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Punsia, about 15 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Phatu Chak
Nearest railway station	Punsia	15 km
Nearest town	Godda	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhuraiya	26 km
District headquarters	Banka	26 km

Villages closest to Phatu Chak

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhuraiya tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Phatu Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Phatu Chak village had a population of 2,036. That makes it the 34th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents.

Phatu Chak village has 1,088 males and 948 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Phatu Chak has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Phatu Chak covers 157 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Phatu Chak falls under Dhuraiya tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Phatu Chak is Punsia, about 15 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Phatu Chak.

Phatu Chak is about 26 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Phatu Chak is in Dhuraiya tehsil of Banka district. Punsia is about 15 km away. Godda is about 19 km away. Dhuraiya is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.