About Porai Chak Village

Porai Chak is a mid sized village in Dhuraiya tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,095, made up of 565 males and 530 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 243 hectares hectares.

Porai Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Porai Chak village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Dhuraiya
Area (hectares)	243 hectares
Population	1,095
Male Population	565
Female Population	530
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	938
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Porai Chak compares

By the 2011 count Porai Chak is the 71st largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents. Its 243 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Porai Chak

Porai Chak is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Porai Chak as Available within 5 - 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Porai Chak from other places

Porai Chak lies about 13 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Barahat Junction, about 3.4 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 Porai Chak
Nearest railway station	Barahat Junction	3.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhuraiya	13 km
District headquarters	Banka	13 km
Nearest town	Bānka	13 km

Villages closest to Porai 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 Porai Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Porai Chak village had a population of 1,095. That makes it the 71st largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents.

Porai Chak village has 565 males and 530 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Porai Chak has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 912.

Porai Chak covers 243 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Porai Chak is Barahat Junction, about 3.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Porai Chak.

Porai Chak is about 13 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Porai Chak is in Dhuraiya tehsil of Banka district. Barahat Junction is about 3.4 km away. Dhuraiya is about 13 km away. Banka is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.