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About Pira Chak Village

Pira Chak is a small village in Rajmahal tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 76, made up of 43 males and 33 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 767 females per 1000 males. The village covers 12.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pira Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pira Chak village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Rajmahal
Pincode 816116
Area (hectares) 12.87 hectares
Population 76
Male Population 43
Female Population 33
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 767
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Pira Chak compares

By the 2011 count Pira Chak is the 85th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,358 residents. Its 12.87 hectares work out to about 5.9 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 920.

Getting to Pira Chak

The census records public bus service for Pira Chak as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Pira Chak from other places

Pira Chak lies about 28 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Tinpahar Junction, about 2.4 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 Pira Chak
Nearest railway station Tinpahar Junction 2.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Rajmahal 12 km
Nearest town Rājmahal 12 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 28 km

Villages closest to Pira Chak

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pira Chak village had a population of 76. That makes it the 85th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,358 residents.

Pira Chak village has 43 males and 33 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pira Chak has about 767 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 920.

The pincode recorded for Pira Chak is 816116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pira Chak covers 12.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pira Chak falls under Rajmahal tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Pira Chak is Tinpahar Junction, about 2.4 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Pira Chak.

Pira Chak is about 28 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pira Chak is in Rajmahal tehsil of Sahibganj district. Tinpahar Junction is about 2.4 km away. Rajmahal is about 12 km away. Rājmahal 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 Ramchavki (under 2 km), Salmandra (under 2 km) and Bamangawan (under 2 km).

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

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