About Purbba Chak Village

Purbba Chak is a mid sized village in Bhagawanpur II tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 845, made up of 452 males and 393 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 45.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721655, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purbba Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purbba Chak village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Medinipur
Tehsil	Bhagawanpur II
Pincode	721655
Area (hectares)	45.24 hectares
Population	845
Male Population	452
Female Population	393
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	869
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 Purbba Chak compares

By the 2011 count Purbba Chak is the 75th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,151 residents. Its 45.24 hectares work out to about 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Purbba Chak

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

Purbba 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 Purbba 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 Purbba 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.

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Common questions about Purbba Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Purbba Chak village had a population of 845. That makes it the 75th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,151 residents.

Purbba Chak village has 452 males and 393 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purbba Chak has about 869 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 Purbba Chak is 721655. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purbba Chak covers 45.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Purbba Chak is Henria, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Purbba Chak.

Purbba 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.

Purbba 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.