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About Modi Chak Village

Modi Chak is a small village in Barari tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 77, made up of 45 males and 32 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 711 females per 1000 males. The village covers 103 hectares hectares.

Modi Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Modi Chak village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Katihar
Tehsil Barari
Area (hectares) 103 hectares
Population 77
Male Population 45
Female Population 32
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 711
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Modi Chak compares

By the 2011 count Modi Chak is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 6,044 residents. Its 103 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 906.

Getting to Modi Chak

Modi Chak is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Modi Chak as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Modi Chak from other places

Modi Chak lies about 36 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Bikramshila, about 1.8 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 Modi Chak
Nearest railway station Bikramshila 1.8 km
Nearest town Colgong 9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Barari 22 km
District headquarters Katihar 36 km

Villages closest to Modi Chak

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Barari 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 Modi Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Modi Chak village had a population of 77. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 6,044 residents.

Modi Chak village has 45 males and 32 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Modi Chak has about 711 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 906.

Modi Chak covers 103 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Modi Chak falls under Barari tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Modi Chak is Bikramshila, about 1.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Modi Chak.

Modi Chak is about 36 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Modi Chak is in Barari tehsil of Katihar district. Bikramshila is about 1.8 km away. Colgong is about 9.4 km away. Barari is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jawania (16 km), Jawania Milik (16 km) and Sukhai (16 km).

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

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