About Purba Karai Barir Chhat Village

Purba Karai Barir Chhat is a small village in Matigara tehsil, in the district of Darjiling, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 314, made up of 165 males and 149 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 903 females per 1000 males. The village covers 49.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 734010, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purba Karai Barir Chhat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purba Karai Barir Chhat village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Darjiling
Tehsil	Matigara
Pincode	734010
Area (hectares)	49.78 hectares
Population	314
Male Population	165
Female Population	149
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	903
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 Purba Karai Barir Chhat compares

By the 2011 count Purba Karai Barir Chhat is the 49th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,298 residents. Its 49.78 hectares work out to about 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Purba Karai Barir Chhat

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

Purba Karai Barir Chhat lies about 60 km from Darjiling, and the nearest railway station is Dhumdangi, about 2.9 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 Purba Karai Barir Chhat
Nearest railway station	Dhumdangi	2.9 km
Nearest town	Naksalbāri	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Matigara	26 km
District headquarters	Darjiling	60 km

Villages closest to Purba Karai Barir Chhat

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

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Common questions about Purba Karai Barir Chhat

As per the Census of India 2011, Purba Karai Barir Chhat village had a population of 314. That makes it the 49th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,298 residents.

Purba Karai Barir Chhat village has 165 males and 149 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purba Karai Barir Chhat has about 903 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Purba Karai Barir Chhat is 734010. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purba Karai Barir Chhat covers 49.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Purba Karai Barir Chhat falls under Matigara tehsil of Darjiling district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Purba Karai Barir Chhat is Dhumdangi, about 2.9 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 Purba Karai Barir Chhat.

Purba Karai Barir Chhat is about 60 km from Darjiling in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purba Karai Barir Chhat is in Matigara tehsil of Darjiling district. Dhumdangi is about 2.9 km away. Naksalbāri is about 24 km away. Matigara is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bara Adalpur Dwitiya Khanda (2.1 km), Karaibari (15 km) and Fulbari Chhat (20 km).

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