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About Chak Jalal Village

Chak Jalal 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 566, made up of 302 males and 264 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 121.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chak Jalal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chak Jalal village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil Tapan
Pincode 733102
Area (hectares) 121.62 hectares
Population 566
Male Population 302
Female Population 264
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 874
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chak Jalal compares

By the 2011 count Chak Jalal is the 158th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 924 residents. Its 121.62 hectares work out to about 4.7 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 Chak Jalal

Chak Jalal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chak Jalal as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Jalal from other places

Chak Jalal 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 Jalal
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 Jalal

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 Jalal

As per the Census of India 2011, Chak Jalal village had a population of 566. That makes it the 158th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 924 residents.

Chak Jalal village has 302 males and 264 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chak Jalal has about 874 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 Jalal is 733102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chak Jalal covers 121.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Chak Jalal 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Chak Jalal.

Chak Jalal 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 Jalal 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 Hosen (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 Jalal today is likely to be higher.

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