About Chanak Village

Chanak is a mid sized village in Nabagram tehsil, in the district of Murshidabad, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,721, made up of 895 males and 826 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 304.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 742181, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chanak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chanak village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Murshidabad
Tehsil	Nabagram
Pincode	742181
Area (hectares)	304.74 hectares
Population	1,721
Male Population	895
Female Population	826
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	923
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Chanak compares

By the 2011 count Chanak is the 50th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,088 residents. Its 304.74 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Chanak

Chanak is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Chanak as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chanak from other places

Chanak lies about 174 km from Murshidabad, and the nearest railway station is Bishanpur Halt, about 6.6 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 Chanak
Nearest railway station	Bishanpur Halt	6.6 km
Nearest town	Katihar	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nabagram	34 km
District headquarters	Murshidabad	174 km

Villages closest to Chanak

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.

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Common questions about Chanak

As per the Census of India 2011, Chanak village had a population of 1,721. That makes it the 50th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,088 residents.

Chanak village has 895 males and 826 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chanak has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 961.

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

Chanak covers 304.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chanak falls under Nabagram tehsil of Murshidabad district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Chanak is Bishanpur Halt, about 6.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Chanak.

Chanak is about 174 km from Murshidabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chanak is in Nabagram tehsil of Murshidabad district. Bishanpur Halt is about 6.6 km away. Katihar is about 24 km away. Nabagram is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.