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About Chhatrahati Village

Chhatrahati is a mid sized village in Tapan tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 808, made up of 435 males and 373 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 857 females per 1000 males. The village covers 218.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733142, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chhatrahati Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhatrahati village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil Tapan
Pincode 733142
Area (hectares) 218.78 hectares
Population 808
Male Population 435
Female Population 373
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 857
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 Chhatrahati compares

By the 2011 count Chhatrahati is the 105th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 924 residents. Its 218.78 hectares work out to about 3.7 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 Chhatrahati

Chhatrahati is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chhatrahati 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 Chhatrahati from other places

Chhatrahati lies about 172 km from Dakshin Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Mallarpur, about 3.5 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 Chhatrahati
Nearest railway station Mallarpur 3.5 km
Nearest town Sainthia 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Tapan 24 km
District headquarters Dakshin Dinajpur 172 km

Villages closest to Chhatrahati

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 Chhatrahati

As per the Census of India 2011, Chhatrahati village had a population of 808. That makes it the 105th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 924 residents.

Chhatrahati village has 435 males and 373 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhatrahati has about 857 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 Chhatrahati is 733142. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chhatrahati covers 218.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Chhatrahati is Mallarpur, about 3.5 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 Chhatrahati.

Chhatrahati is about 172 km from Dakshin Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chhatrahati is in Tapan tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district. Mallarpur is about 3.5 km away. Sainthia is about 12 km away. Tapan is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Budhatch (under 2 km), Chandhati (under 2 km) and Ghatika (under 2 km).

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

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