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About Dewan Chak Village

Dewan Chak is a mid sized village in Contai III tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 614, made up of 330 males and 284 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 861 females per 1000 males. The village covers 77.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721444, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dewan Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dewan Chak village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Purba Medinipur
Tehsil Contai III
Pincode 721444
Area (hectares) 77.54 hectares
Population 614
Male Population 330
Female Population 284
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 861
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Dewan Chak compares

By the 2011 count Dewan Chak is the 91st largest of the 166 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 951 residents. Its 77.54 hectares work out to about 7.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Dewan Chak

The census records public bus service for Dewan 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dewan Chak from other places

Dewan 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 Dewan Chak
Nearest railway station Henria under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Contai III 11 km
District headquarters Purba Medinipur 11 km
Nearest town Contai 21 km

Villages closest to Dewan Chak

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Contai III 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 Dewan Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Dewan Chak village had a population of 614. That makes it the 91st largest of the 166 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 951 residents.

Dewan Chak village has 330 males and 284 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dewan Chak has about 861 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Dewan Chak is 721444. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dewan Chak covers 77.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Dewan Chak falls under Contai III tehsil of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

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

Dewan 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.

Dewan Chak is in Contai III tehsil of Purba Medinipur district. Henria is about under 2 km away. Contai III 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 Brahman Chak (under 2 km), Maheshdas Bar Baibartta Chak (under 2 km) and Nauri Chak (under 2 km).

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

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