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About Chak Matkatpur Village

Chak Matkatpur is a small village in Debra tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 36, made up of 20 males and 16 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 800 females per 1000 males. The village covers 36.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chak Matkatpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chak Matkatpur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Debra
Pincode 721126
Area (hectares) 36.18 hectares
Population 36
Male Population 20
Female Population 16
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 800
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chak Matkatpur compares

By the 2011 count Chak Matkatpur is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 600 residents. Its 36.18 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 985.

Getting to Chak Matkatpur

Chak Matkatpur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Chak Matkatpur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Chak Matkatpur from other places

Chak Matkatpur lies about 12 km from Paschim Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Balichak, about under 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 Chak Matkatpur
Nearest railway station Balichak under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Debra 3.5 km
District headquarters Paschim Medinipur 12 km
Nearest town Kharagpur 24 km

Villages closest to Chak Matkatpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chak Matkatpur village had a population of 36. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 600 residents.

Chak Matkatpur village has 20 males and 16 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chak Matkatpur has about 800 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 985.

The pincode recorded for Chak Matkatpur is 721126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chak Matkatpur covers 36.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chak Matkatpur falls under Debra tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Chak Matkatpur is Balichak, about under 2 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Chak Matkatpur.

Chak Matkatpur is about 12 km from Paschim Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chak Matkatpur is in Debra tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. Balichak is about under 2 km away. Debra is about 3.5 km away. Paschim Medinipur is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Balai Chak (under 2 km), Bali Chak (under 2 km) and Beuchia Farid Chak (under 2 km).

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

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