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About Chandpur Village

Chandpur is a small village in Kolaghat tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 472, made up of 255 males and 217 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 851 females per 1000 males. The village covers 18.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chandpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chandpur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Purba Medinipur
Tehsil Kolaghat
Pincode 721151
Area (hectares) 18.45 hectares
Population 472
Male Population 255
Female Population 217
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 851
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 Chandpur compares

By the 2011 count Chandpur is the 96th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,230 residents. Its 18.45 hectares work out to about 26 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 926.

Getting to Chandpur

The census records public bus service for Chandpur 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 Chandpur from other places

Chandpur lies about 60 km from Purba Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Chengail, about 4.6 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 Chandpur
Nearest town Pānchla 2.4 km
Nearest railway station Chengail 4.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Kolaghat 29 km
District headquarters Purba Medinipur 60 km

Villages closest to Chandpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kolaghat 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 Chandpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Chandpur village had a population of 472. That makes it the 96th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,230 residents.

Chandpur village has 255 males and 217 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chandpur has about 851 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

The pincode recorded for Chandpur is 721151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chandpur covers 18.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 26 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Chandpur falls under Kolaghat tehsil of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Chandpur is Chengail, about 4.6 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 Chandpur.

Chandpur is about 60 km from Purba Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chandpur is in Kolaghat tehsil of Purba Medinipur district. Pānchla is about 2.4 km away. Chengail is about 4.6 km away. Kolaghat is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jagannathpur (3.9 km), Gajai (17 km) and Nandai Gajan (17 km).

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

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