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About Harishpur Chak Village

Harishpur Chak is a mid sized village in Bongaon tehsil, in the district of North Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,637, made up of 847 males and 790 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 215.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743701, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Harishpur Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harishpur Chak village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District North Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil Bongaon
Pincode 743701
Area (hectares) 215.68 hectares
Population 1,637
Male Population 847
Female Population 790
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 933
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Harishpur Chak compares

By the 2011 count Harishpur Chak is the 91st largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,556 residents. Its 215.68 hectares work out to about 7.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Harishpur Chak

Harishpur Chak is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Harishpur Chak 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Harishpur Chak from other places

Harishpur Chak lies about 25 km from North Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Gopalnagar, about 4.0 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 Harishpur Chak
Nearest railway station Gopalnagar 4.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Bongaon 10 km
Nearest town Bangaon 10 km
District headquarters North Twenty Four Parganas 25 km

Villages closest to Harishpur Chak

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Harishpur Chak village had a population of 1,637. That makes it the 91st largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,556 residents.

Harishpur Chak village has 847 males and 790 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harishpur Chak has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Harishpur Chak is 743701. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Harishpur Chak covers 215.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Harishpur Chak falls under Bongaon tehsil of North Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Harishpur Chak is Gopalnagar, about 4.0 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 5 - 10 km distance for Harishpur Chak.

Harishpur Chak is about 25 km from North Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harishpur Chak is in Bongaon tehsil of North Twenty Four Parganas district. Gopalnagar is about 4.0 km away. Bongaon is about 10 km away. Bangaon is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Harishpur (under 2 km), Gopalnagar (4.6 km) and Ganeshpur (4.7 km).

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

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