About Nur Chak Village

Nur Chak is a mid sized village in Paliganj tehsil, in the district of Patna, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,528, made up of 823 males and 705 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 857 females per 1000 males. The village covers 143.66 hectares hectares.

Nur Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nur Chak village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Patna
Tehsil	Paliganj
Area (hectares)	143.66 hectares
Population	1,528
Male Population	823
Female Population	705
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	857
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Nur Chak compares

By the 2011 count Nur Chak is the 60th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,172 residents. Its 143.66 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Nur Chak

Nur Chak is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Nur Chak as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Nur Chak from other places

Nur Chak lies about 48 km from Patna, and the nearest railway station is Jehanabad, about 16 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 Nur Chak
Tehsil headquarters	Paliganj	8.1 km
Nearest railway station	Jehanabad	16 km
Nearest town	Jahānābād	16 km
District headquarters	Patna	48 km

Villages closest to Nur Chak

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Nur Chak village had a population of 1,528. That makes it the 60th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,172 residents.

Nur Chak village has 823 males and 705 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nur Chak has about 857 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

Nur Chak covers 143.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Nur Chak falls under Paliganj tehsil of Patna district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Nur Chak is Jehanabad, about 16 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Nur Chak.

Nur Chak is about 48 km from Patna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nur Chak is in Paliganj tehsil of Patna district. Paliganj is about 8.1 km away. Jehanabad is about 16 km away. Jahānābād is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.