About Chengmarihat Village

Chengmarihat is a large village in Mal tehsil, in the district of Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,008, made up of 1,062 males and 946 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 320.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 735218, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chengmarihat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chengmarihat village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Jalpaiguri
Tehsil	Mal
Pincode	735218
Area (hectares)	320.72 hectares
Population	2,008
Male Population	1,062
Female Population	946
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	891
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 Chengmarihat compares

By the 2011 count Chengmarihat is the 58th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,754 residents. Its 320.72 hectares work out to about 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Chengmarihat

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

Chengmarihat lies about 18 km from Jalpaiguri, and the nearest railway station is Lataguri, about 10 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 Chengmarihat
Nearest railway station	Lataguri	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mal	18 km
District headquarters	Jalpaiguri	18 km
Nearest town	Jalpāiguri	18 km

Villages closest to Chengmarihat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chengmarihat village had a population of 2,008. That makes it the 58th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,754 residents.

Chengmarihat village has 1,062 males and 946 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chengmarihat has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Chengmarihat is 735218. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chengmarihat covers 320.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Chengmarihat falls under Mal tehsil of Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Chengmarihat is Lataguri, about 10 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 Chengmarihat.

Chengmarihat is about 18 km from Jalpaiguri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chengmarihat is in Mal tehsil of Jalpaiguri district. Lataguri is about 10 km away. Mal is about 18 km away. Jalpaiguri is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.