About Payra Chak Village

Payra Chak is a mid sized village in Moyna tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,471, made up of 724 males and 747 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,032 females per 1000 males. The village covers 68.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721667, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Payra Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Payra Chak village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Medinipur
Tehsil	Moyna
Pincode	721667
Area (hectares)	68.26 hectares
Population	1,471
Male Population	724
Female Population	747
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,032
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 Payra Chak compares

By the 2011 count Payra Chak is the 56th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,685 residents. Its 68.26 hectares work out to about 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Payra Chak

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

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

Villages closest to Payra Chak

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Payra Chak village had a population of 1,471. That makes it the 56th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,685 residents.

Payra Chak village has 724 males and 747 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Payra Chak has about 1032 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 923.

The pincode recorded for Payra Chak is 721667. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Payra Chak covers 68.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Payra Chak falls under Moyna tehsil of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Payra 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Payra Chak.

Payra 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.

Payra Chak is in Moyna tehsil of Purba Medinipur district. Henria is about under 2 km away. Moyna 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.