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About Fakir Chak Village

Fakir Chak is a small village in Bhagawanpur II tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 390, made up of 206 males and 184 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 29.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721430, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Fakir Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Fakir Chak village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Purba Medinipur
Tehsil Bhagawanpur II
Pincode 721430
Area (hectares) 29.44 hectares
Population 390
Male Population 206
Female Population 184
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 893
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Fakir Chak compares

By the 2011 count Fakir Chak is the 129th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,151 residents. Its 29.44 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Fakir Chak

The census records public bus service for Fakir Chak as Available within 5 - 10 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Fakir Chak from other places

Fakir Chak lies about 11 km from Purba Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Henria, 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 Fakir Chak
Nearest railway station Henria under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhagawanpur II 11 km
District headquarters Purba Medinipur 11 km
Nearest town Contai 21 km

Villages closest to Fakir Chak

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bhagawanpur II 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 Fakir Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Fakir Chak village had a population of 390. That makes it the 129th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,151 residents.

Fakir Chak village has 206 males and 184 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Fakir Chak has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Fakir Chak is 721430. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Fakir Chak covers 29.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Fakir Chak falls under Bhagawanpur II tehsil of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Fakir Chak is Henria, about under 2 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 km distance for Fakir Chak.

Fakir Chak is about 11 km from Purba Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Fakir Chak is in Bhagawanpur II tehsil of Purba Medinipur district. Henria is about under 2 km away. Bhagawanpur II is about 11 km away. Purba Medinipur is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Binanda Chak (under 2 km), Gobinda Chak (under 2 km) and Haridra Chak (under 2 km).

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

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