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About Durga Chak Village

Durga Chak is a small village in Pach Deuri tehsil, in the district of Gopalganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 272, made up of 122 males and 150 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,230 females per 1000 males. The village covers 30.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 841422, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Durga Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durga Chak village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Gopalganj
Tehsil Pach Deuri
Pincode 841422
Area (hectares) 30.45 hectares
Population 272
Male Population 122
Female Population 150
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,230
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Durga Chak compares

By the 2011 count Durga Chak is the 81st largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents. Its 30.45 hectares work out to about 8.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1055.

Getting to Durga Chak

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

How far is Durga Chak from other places

Durga Chak lies about 26 km from Gopalganj, and the nearest railway station is Bathua Bazar, about 4.9 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 Durga Chak
Nearest railway station Bathua Bazar 4.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Pach Deuri 8.5 km
Nearest town Kataiya 12 km
District headquarters Gopalganj 26 km

Villages closest to Durga Chak

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

Common questions about Durga Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Durga Chak village had a population of 272. That makes it the 81st largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents.

Durga Chak village has 122 males and 150 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durga Chak has about 1230 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1055.

The pincode recorded for Durga Chak is 841422. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Durga Chak covers 30.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Durga Chak falls under Pach Deuri tehsil of Gopalganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Durga Chak is Bathua Bazar, about 4.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

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

Durga Chak is in Pach Deuri tehsil of Gopalganj district. Bathua Bazar is about 4.9 km away. Pach Deuri is about 8.5 km away. Kataiya is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bankatia (under 2 km), Ter Khemraj (under 2 km) and Magahia (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Durga Chak today is likely to be higher.

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