About Dakshin Chak Village

Dakshin Chak is a large village in Haldia tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,245, made up of 1,639 males and 1,606 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 980 females per 1000 males. The village covers 178.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721654, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dakshin Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dakshin Chak village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Medinipur
Tehsil	Haldia
Pincode	721654
Area (hectares)	178.07 hectares
Population	3,245
Male Population	1,639
Female Population	1,606
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	980
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 Dakshin Chak compares

By the 2011 count Dakshin Chak is the 15th largest of the 24 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 4,083 residents. Its 178.07 hectares work out to about 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Dakshin Chak

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

Dakshin Chak lies about 16 km from Purba Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Haldia, about 7.6 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 Dakshin Chak
Nearest town	Monoharpur	5.9 km
Nearest railway station	Haldia	7.6 km
District headquarters	Purba Medinipur	16 km

Villages closest to Dakshin Chak

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dakshin Chak village had a population of 3,245. That makes it the 15th largest of the 24 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,083 residents.

Dakshin Chak village has 1,639 males and 1,606 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dakshin Chak has about 980 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Dakshin Chak is 721654. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dakshin Chak covers 178.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Dakshin Chak falls under Haldia tehsil of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Dakshin Chak is Haldia, about 7.6 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 Dakshin Chak.

Dakshin Chak is about 16 km from Purba Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dakshin Chak is in Haldia tehsil of Purba Medinipur district. Monoharpur is about 5.9 km away. Haldia is about 7.6 km away. Purba Medinipur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.