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About Chak Purusottampur Village

Chak Purusottampur is a small village in Narayangarh tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 205, made up of 106 males and 99 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 63.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721445, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chak Purusottampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chak Purusottampur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Narayangarh
Pincode 721445
Area (hectares) 63.54 hectares
Population 205
Male Population 106
Female Population 99
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 934
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chak Purusottampur compares

By the 2011 count Chak Purusottampur is the 334th largest of the 446 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 618 residents. Its 63.54 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Chak Purusottampur

Chak Purusottampur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chak Purusottampur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Chak Purusottampur from other places

Chak Purusottampur 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 Purusottampur
Nearest railway station Balichak under 2 km
District headquarters Paschim Medinipur 12 km
Nearest town Kharagpur 24 km
Tehsil headquarters Narayangarh 29 km

Villages closest to Chak Purusottampur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chak Purusottampur village had a population of 205. That makes it the 334th largest of the 446 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 618 residents.

Chak Purusottampur village has 106 males and 99 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chak Purusottampur has about 934 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Chak Purusottampur is 721445. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chak Purusottampur covers 63.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chak Purusottampur falls under Narayangarh tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Chak Purusottampur is Balichak, about under 2 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Chak Purusottampur.

Chak Purusottampur 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 Purusottampur is in Narayangarh tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. Balichak is about under 2 km away. Paschim Medinipur is about 12 km away. Kharagpur 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 Balida Chak (under 2 km), Chak Bali (under 2 km) and Chak Chhakupal (under 2 km).

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

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