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About Chak Raipur Village

Chak Raipur is a large village in Mohammad Bazar tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,573, made up of 1,275 males and 1,298 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 523.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chak Raipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chak Raipur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Birbhum
Tehsil Mohammad Bazar
Pincode 731216
Area (hectares) 523.26 hectares
Population 2,573
Male Population 1,275
Female Population 1,298
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,018
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chak Raipur compares

By the 2011 count Chak Raipur is the 17th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,193 residents. Its 523.26 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 974.

Getting to Chak Raipur

Chak Raipur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chak Raipur as Available within 5 - 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chak Raipur from other places

Chak Raipur lies about 19 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Mallarpur, about 8.4 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 Chak Raipur
Nearest railway station Mallarpur 8.4 km
Nearest town Rampur Hat 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Mohammad Bazar 19 km
District headquarters Birbhum 19 km

Villages closest to Chak Raipur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mohammad Bazar 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 Chak Raipur

As per the Census of India 2011, Chak Raipur village had a population of 2,573. That makes it the 17th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,193 residents.

Chak Raipur village has 1,275 males and 1,298 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chak Raipur has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Chak Raipur is 731216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chak Raipur covers 523.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chak Raipur falls under Mohammad Bazar tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Chak Raipur is Mallarpur, about 8.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Chak Raipur.

Chak Raipur is about 19 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chak Raipur is in Mohammad Bazar tehsil of Birbhum district. Mallarpur is about 8.4 km away. Rampur Hat is about 16 km away. Mohammad Bazar is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jethia (2.2 km), Kalaipahari (2.5 km) and Moubelia (3.1 km).

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

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