About Chak Lal Village

Chak Lal is a small village in Pingla tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 177, made up of 91 males and 86 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 945 females per 1000 males. The village covers 134.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721140, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chak Lal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chak Lal village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil	Pingla
Pincode	721140
Area (hectares)	134.82 hectares
Population	177
Male Population	91
Female Population	86
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	945
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chak Lal compares

By the 2011 count Chak Lal is the 160th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,113 residents. Its 134.82 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Chak Lal

Chak Lal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chak Lal as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Chak Lal from other places

Chak Lal 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 Chak Lal
Nearest railway station	Narayan Pakuria Murail	7.9 km
Nearest town	Ghātāl	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pingla	28 km
District headquarters	Paschim Medinipur	33 km

Villages closest to Chak Lal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pingla 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 Chak Lal

As per the Census of India 2011, Chak Lal village had a population of 177. That makes it the 160th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,113 residents.

Chak Lal village has 91 males and 86 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chak Lal has about 945 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Chak Lal is 721140. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chak Lal covers 134.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chak Lal falls under Pingla tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Chak Lal is Narayan Pakuria Murail, about 7.9 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Chak Lal.

Chak Lal 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.

Chak Lal is in Pingla tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. Narayan Pakuria Murail is about 7.9 km away. Ghātāl is about 22 km away. Pingla is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.