About Ray Chak Village

Ray Chak is a mid sized village in Kolaghat tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,394, made up of 707 males and 687 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 972 females per 1000 males. The village covers 77.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721154, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ray Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ray Chak village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Medinipur
Tehsil	Kolaghat
Pincode	721154
Area (hectares)	77.35 hectares
Population	1,394
Male Population	707
Female Population	687
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	972
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ray Chak compares

By the 2011 count Ray Chak is the 62nd largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,230 residents. Its 77.35 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 926.

Getting to Ray Chak

Ray Chak is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Ray 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ray Chak from other places

Ray Chak lies about 50 km from Purba Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Narayan Pakuria Murail, about 7.9 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 Ray Chak
Nearest railway station	Narayan Pakuria Murail	7.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kolaghat	9.7 km
Nearest town	Ghātāl	22 km
District headquarters	Purba Medinipur	50 km

Villages closest to Ray Chak

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.

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Common questions about Ray Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Ray Chak village had a population of 1,394. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,230 residents.

Ray Chak village has 707 males and 687 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ray Chak has about 972 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 926.

The pincode recorded for Ray Chak is 721154. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ray Chak covers 77.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Ray Chak is Narayan Pakuria Murail, about 7.9 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Ray Chak.

Ray Chak is about 50 km from Purba Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ray Chak is in Kolaghat tehsil of Purba Medinipur district. Narayan Pakuria Murail is about 7.9 km away. Kolaghat is about 9.7 km away. Ghātāl is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.