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About Kharag Chak Village

Kharag Chak is a small village in Phulwari tehsil, in the district of Patna, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 162, made up of 90 males and 72 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 800 females per 1000 males. The village covers 46 hectares hectares.

Kharag Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharag Chak village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Patna
Tehsil Phulwari
Area (hectares) 46 hectares
Population 162
Male Population 90
Female Population 72
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 800
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kharag Chak compares

By the 2011 count Kharag Chak is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,786 residents. Its 46 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 906.

Getting to Kharag Chak

Kharag 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 Kharag Chak as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Kharag Chak from other places

Kharag Chak lies about 16 km from Patna, and the nearest railway station is Birju Bigha, about under 2 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 Kharag Chak
Nearest railway station Birju Bigha under 2 km
Nearest town Masaurhi Buzurg 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Phulwari 16 km
District headquarters Patna 16 km

Villages closest to Kharag Chak

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharag Chak village had a population of 162. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,786 residents.

Kharag Chak village has 90 males and 72 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharag Chak has about 800 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 906.

Kharag Chak covers 46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kharag Chak falls under Phulwari tehsil of Patna district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Kharag Chak is Birju Bigha, about under 2 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 village for Kharag Chak.

Kharag Chak is about 16 km from Patna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kharag Chak is in Phulwari tehsil of Patna district. Birju Bigha is about under 2 km away. Masaurhi Buzurg is about 16 km away. Phulwari is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Abupur Lodipur (6.1 km), Chihut (7.7 km) and Tarwan (7.8 km).

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

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