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About Chak Gopalpur Village

Chak Gopalpur is a mid sized village in Sagardighi tehsil, in the district of Murshidabad, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,156, made up of 601 males and 555 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 72.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 742226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chak Gopalpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chak Gopalpur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Murshidabad
Tehsil Sagardighi
Pincode 742226
Area (hectares) 72.27 hectares
Population 1,156
Male Population 601
Female Population 555
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 5 - 10 km distance

How Chak Gopalpur compares

By the 2011 count Chak Gopalpur is the 89th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,744 residents. Its 72.27 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Chak Gopalpur

Chak Gopalpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chak Gopalpur 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chak Gopalpur from other places

Chak Gopalpur lies about 34 km from Murshidabad, and the nearest railway station is Lohapur, about 4.1 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 Chak Gopalpur
Nearest railway station Lohapur 4.1 km
Nearest town Nalhāti 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Sagardighi 16 km
District headquarters Murshidabad 34 km

Villages closest to Chak Gopalpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chak Gopalpur village had a population of 1,156. That makes it the 89th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,744 residents.

Chak Gopalpur village has 601 males and 555 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chak Gopalpur has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Chak Gopalpur is 742226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chak Gopalpur covers 72.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Chak Gopalpur falls under Sagardighi tehsil of Murshidabad district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Chak Gopalpur is Lohapur, about 4.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Chak Gopalpur is about 34 km from Murshidabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chak Gopalpur is in Sagardighi tehsil of Murshidabad district. Lohapur is about 4.1 km away. Nalhāti is about 12 km away. Sagardighi is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Buzrug Debagram (2.2 km), Dakshin Debagram (2.2 km) and Uttar Debagram (2.2 km).

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

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