About Balai Chak Village

Balai Chak is a small village in Debra tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 242, made up of 125 males and 117 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 34.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721136, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balai Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balai Chak village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil	Debra
Pincode	721136
Area (hectares)	34.58 hectares
Population	242
Male Population	125
Female Population	117
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	936
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balai Chak compares

By the 2011 count Balai Chak is the 327th largest of the 432 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 600 residents. Its 34.58 hectares work out to about 7.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 985.

Getting to Balai Chak

Balai Chak is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balai Chak as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Balai Chak from other places

Balai Chak 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 Balai Chak
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 Balai Chak

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.

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Common questions about Balai Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Balai Chak village had a population of 242. That makes it the 327th largest of the 432 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 600 residents.

Balai Chak village has 125 males and 117 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balai Chak has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 985.

The pincode recorded for Balai Chak is 721136. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balai Chak covers 34.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Balai Chak 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Balai Chak.

Balai Chak 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.

Balai Chak 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.