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About Chak Hosen Village

Chak Hosen is a small village in Tapan tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 259, made up of 142 males and 117 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 824 females per 1000 males. The village covers 47.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733127, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chak Hosen Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chak Hosen village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil Tapan
Pincode 733127
Area (hectares) 47.13 hectares
Population 259
Male Population 142
Female Population 117
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 824
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chak Hosen compares

By the 2011 count Chak Hosen is the 234th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 924 residents. Its 47.13 hectares work out to about 5.5 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 954.

Getting to Chak Hosen

Chak Hosen is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Chak Hosen 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chak Hosen from other places

Chak Hosen lies about 158 km from Dakshin Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Adalpahari, 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 Chak Hosen
Nearest railway station Adalpahari under 2 km
Nearest town Rampur Hat 7.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Tapan 14 km
District headquarters Dakshin Dinajpur 158 km

Villages closest to Chak Hosen

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chak Hosen village had a population of 259. That makes it the 234th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 924 residents.

Chak Hosen village has 142 males and 117 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chak Hosen has about 824 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Chak Hosen is 733127. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chak Hosen covers 47.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chak Hosen falls under Tapan tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Chak Hosen is Adalpahari, about under 2 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Chak Hosen.

Chak Hosen is about 158 km from Dakshin Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chak Hosen is in Tapan tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district. Adalpahari is about under 2 km away. Rampur Hat is about 7.6 km away. Tapan is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chak Jalal (under 2 km), Chak Sib (under 2 km) and Chak Darpanarayan (under 2 km).

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

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