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About Chand Chak Village

Chand Chak is a mid sized village in Arambag tehsil, in the district of Hugli, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 519, made up of 274 males and 245 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 86.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 712413, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chand Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chand Chak village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Hugli
Tehsil Arambag
Pincode 712413
Area (hectares) 86.68 hectares
Population 519
Male Population 274
Female Population 245
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 894
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chand Chak compares

By the 2011 count Chand Chak is the 134th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents. Its 86.68 hectares work out to about 6.0 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 952.

Getting to Chand Chak

Chand Chak is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Chand Chak as Available within <5 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 Chand Chak from other places

Chand Chak lies about 24 km from Hugli, and the nearest railway station is Nagarukhra Jn. (Proposed), 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 Chand Chak
Nearest railway station Nagarukhra Jn. (Proposed) 2.9 km
Nearest town Ashoknagar Kalyangarh 6.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Arambag 24 km
District headquarters Hugli 24 km

Villages closest to Chand Chak

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Arambag 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 Chand Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Chand Chak village had a population of 519. That makes it the 134th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents.

Chand Chak village has 274 males and 245 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chand Chak has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

The pincode recorded for Chand Chak is 712413. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chand Chak covers 86.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chand Chak falls under Arambag tehsil of Hugli district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Chand Chak is Nagarukhra Jn. (Proposed), 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Chand Chak.

Chand Chak is about 24 km from Hugli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chand Chak is in Arambag tehsil of Hugli district. Nagarukhra Jn. (Proposed) is about 2.9 km away. Ashoknagar Kalyangarh is about 6.2 km away. Arambag 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 Balai Chak (under 2 km), Chak Amad (under 2 km) and Chak Fazil (under 2 km).

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

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