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About Padima Shyam Chak Village

Padima Shyam Chak is a small village in Keshpur tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 435, made up of 230 males and 205 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 113.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721150, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padima Shyam Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padima Shyam Chak village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Keshpur
Pincode 721150
Area (hectares) 113.19 hectares
Population 435
Male Population 230
Female Population 205
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 891
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 Padima Shyam Chak compares

By the 2011 count Padima Shyam Chak is the 249th largest of the 538 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 603 residents. Its 113.19 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Padima Shyam Chak

Padima Shyam Chak is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Padima Shyam Chak 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 Padima Shyam Chak from other places

Padima Shyam 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 Padima Shyam Chak
Nearest railway station Balichak under 2 km
District headquarters Paschim Medinipur 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Keshpur 23 km
Nearest town Kharagpur 24 km

Villages closest to Padima Shyam Chak

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Keshpur 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 Padima Shyam Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Padima Shyam Chak village had a population of 435. That makes it the 249th largest of the 538 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 603 residents.

Padima Shyam Chak village has 230 males and 205 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padima Shyam Chak has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Padima Shyam Chak is 721150. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padima Shyam Chak covers 113.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Padima Shyam Chak falls under Keshpur tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Padima Shyam 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Padima Shyam Chak.

Padima Shyam 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.

Padima Shyam Chak is in Keshpur tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. Balichak is about under 2 km away. Paschim Medinipur is about 12 km away. Keshpur is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bar Kaunri Chak (under 2 km), Bikal Chak (under 2 km) and Chak Brahman Gram (under 2 km).

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

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