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About Chak Prananath Village

Chak Prananath is a small village in Debra tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 68, made up of 32 males and 36 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,125 females per 1000 males. The village covers 33.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721139, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chak Prananath Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chak Prananath village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Debra
Pincode 721139
Area (hectares) 33.59 hectares
Population 68
Male Population 32
Female Population 36
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,125
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chak Prananath compares

By the 2011 count Chak Prananath is the 411th largest of the 432 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 600 residents. Its 33.59 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 985.

Getting to Chak Prananath

Chak Prananath is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Chak Prananath 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chak Prananath from other places

Chak Prananath 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 Prananath
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 Prananath

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 Prananath

As per the Census of India 2011, Chak Prananath village had a population of 68. That makes it the 411th largest of the 432 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 600 residents.

Chak Prananath village has 32 males and 36 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chak Prananath has about 1125 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 985.

The pincode recorded for Chak Prananath is 721139. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chak Prananath covers 33.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

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

Chak Prananath 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 Prananath 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 Prananath today is likely to be higher.

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