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About Chayan Nagar Village

Chayan Nagar is a small village in Nabagram tehsil, in the district of Murshidabad, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 407, made up of 188 males and 219 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,165 females per 1000 males. The village covers 97.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 742181, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chayan Nagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chayan Nagar village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Murshidabad
Tehsil Nabagram
Pincode 742181
Area (hectares) 97.34 hectares
Population 407
Male Population 188
Female Population 219
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,165
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chayan Nagar compares

By the 2011 count Chayan Nagar is the 101st largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,088 residents. Its 97.34 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Chayan Nagar

Chayan Nagar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chayan Nagar 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 Chayan Nagar from other places

Chayan Nagar lies about 160 km from Murshidabad, and the nearest railway station is Kamalpur Halt, about 7.2 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 Chayan Nagar
Nearest railway station Kamalpur Halt 7.2 km
Nearest town Katihar 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Nabagram 21 km
District headquarters Murshidabad 160 km

Villages closest to Chayan Nagar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nabagram 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 Chayan Nagar

As per the Census of India 2011, Chayan Nagar village had a population of 407. That makes it the 101st largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,088 residents.

Chayan Nagar village has 188 males and 219 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chayan Nagar has about 1165 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Chayan Nagar is 742181. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chayan Nagar covers 97.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chayan Nagar falls under Nabagram tehsil of Murshidabad district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Chayan Nagar is Kamalpur Halt, about 7.2 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 Chayan Nagar.

Chayan Nagar is about 160 km from Murshidabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chayan Nagar is in Nabagram tehsil of Murshidabad district. Kamalpur Halt is about 7.2 km away. Katihar is about 20 km away. Nabagram is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Isannagar (under 2 km), Nagara (under 2 km) and Saheb Nagar (under 2 km).

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

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