About Chandra Village

Chandra is a small village in Jhargram tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 112, made up of 52 males and 60 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,154 females per 1000 males. The village covers 22.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721507, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chandra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chandra village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil	Jhargram
Pincode	721507
Area (hectares)	22.94 hectares
Population	112
Male Population	52
Female Population	60
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,154
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 Chandra compares

By the 2011 count Chandra is the 346th largest of the 442 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 358 residents. Its 22.94 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Chandra

Chandra is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chandra 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 Chandra from other places

Chandra lies about 32 km from Paschim Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Sardiha, about 9.3 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 Chandra
Nearest railway station	Sardiha	9.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jhargram	16 km
Nearest town	Jhārgrām	16 km
District headquarters	Paschim Medinipur	32 km

Villages closest to Chandra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chandra village had a population of 112. That makes it the 346th largest of the 442 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 358 residents.

Chandra village has 52 males and 60 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chandra has about 1154 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Chandra is 721507. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chandra covers 22.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chandra falls under Jhargram tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Chandra is Sardiha, about 9.3 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 Chandra.

Chandra is about 32 km from Paschim Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chandra is in Jhargram tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. Sardiha is about 9.3 km away. Jhargram is about 16 km away. Jhārgrām is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.