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About Ghia Chak Village

Ghia 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 132, made up of 65 males and 67 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,031 females per 1000 males. The village covers 23.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721149, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghia Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghia Chak village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Debra
Pincode 721149
Area (hectares) 23.45 hectares
Population 132
Male Population 65
Female Population 67
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,031
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Ghia Chak compares

By the 2011 count Ghia Chak is the 390th largest of the 432 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 600 residents. Its 23.45 hectares work out to about 5.6 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 Ghia Chak

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

How far is Ghia Chak from other places

Ghia Chak lies about 33 km from Paschim Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Narayan Pakuria Murail, about 7.9 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 Ghia Chak
Nearest railway station Narayan Pakuria Murail 7.9 km
Nearest town Ghātāl 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Debra 24 km
District headquarters Paschim Medinipur 33 km

Villages closest to Ghia 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.

Common questions about Ghia Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghia Chak village had a population of 132. That makes it the 390th largest of the 432 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 600 residents.

Ghia Chak village has 65 males and 67 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghia Chak has about 1031 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 985.

The pincode recorded for Ghia Chak is 721149. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghia Chak covers 23.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Ghia Chak is Narayan Pakuria Murail, about 7.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 Ghia Chak.

Ghia Chak is about 33 km from Paschim Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghia Chak is in Debra tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. Narayan Pakuria Murail is about 7.9 km away. Ghātāl is about 22 km away. Debra is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Brindaban Chak (under 2 km), Chak Basu (under 2 km) and Chak Kanu (under 2 km).

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

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