About Chakre Village

Chakre is a mid sized village in Potka tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,223, made up of 595 males and 628 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,055 females per 1000 males. The village covers 485.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 831002, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chakre Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chakre village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Potka
Pincode	831002
Area (hectares)	485.59 hectares
Population	1,223
Male Population	595
Female Population	628
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,055
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chakre compares

By the 2011 count Chakre is the 39th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 675 residents. Its 485.59 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Chakre

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

How far is Chakre from other places

Chakre lies about 62 km from Purbi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Pandrasali, about 15 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 Chakre
Nearest town	Gobindpur	12 km
Nearest railway station	Pandrasali	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Potka	16 km
District headquarters	Purbi Singhbhum	62 km

Villages closest to Chakre

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Potka 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 Chakre

As per the Census of India 2011, Chakre village had a population of 1,223. That makes it the 39th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 675 residents.

Chakre village has 595 males and 628 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chakre has about 1055 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Chakre is 831002. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chakre covers 485.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chakre falls under Potka tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chakre is Pandrasali, about 15 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Chakre.

Chakre is about 62 km from Purbi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chakre is in Potka tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. Gobindpur is about 12 km away. Pandrasali is about 15 km away. Potka is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.