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About Debi Chak Village

Debi Chak is a mid sized village in Khejuri I tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 976, made up of 490 males and 486 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 992 females per 1000 males. The village covers 177.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721430, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Debi Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Debi Chak village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Purba Medinipur
Tehsil Khejuri I
Pincode 721430
Area (hectares) 177.95 hectares
Population 976
Male Population 490
Female Population 486
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 992
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Debi Chak compares

By the 2011 count Debi Chak is the 34th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,166 residents. Its 177.95 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Debi Chak

Debi Chak is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Debi 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Debi Chak from other places

Debi 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 Debi Chak
Nearest railway station Henria under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Khejuri I 11 km
District headquarters Purba Medinipur 11 km
Nearest town Contai 21 km

Villages closest to Debi Chak

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Khejuri I 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 Debi Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Debi Chak village had a population of 976. That makes it the 34th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,166 residents.

Debi Chak village has 490 males and 486 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Debi Chak has about 992 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 946.

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

Debi Chak covers 177.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Debi Chak falls under Khejuri I tehsil of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Debi Chak is Henria, about under 2 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Debi Chak.

Debi 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.

Debi Chak is in Khejuri I tehsil of Purba Medinipur district. Henria is about under 2 km away. Khejuri I 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 Ali Chak (under 2 km), Bali Chak (under 2 km) and Mitra Chak (under 2 km).

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

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