About Chandpur Village

Chandpur is a mid sized village in Potashpur I tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,392, made up of 720 males and 672 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 329.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721439, 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	Potashpur I
Pincode	721439
Area (hectares)	329.87 hectares
Population	1,392
Male Population	720
Female Population	672
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	933
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 Chandpur compares

By the 2011 count Chandpur is the 32nd largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,227 residents. Its 329.87 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Chandpur

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

Chandpur lies about 7.3 km from Purba Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Laban Satyagrah Smarak, about 2.9 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 Chandpur
Nearest railway station	Laban Satyagrah Smarak	2.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Potashpur I	7.3 km
District headquarters	Purba Medinipur	7.3 km
Nearest town	Monoharpur	23 km

Villages closest to Chandpur

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

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Common questions about Chandpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Chandpur village had a population of 1,392. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,227 residents.

Chandpur village has 720 males and 672 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chandpur has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Chandpur is 721439. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chandpur covers 329.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Chandpur is Laban Satyagrah Smarak, about 2.9 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 Chandpur.

Chandpur is about 7.3 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 Potashpur I tehsil of Purba Medinipur district. Laban Satyagrah Smarak is about 2.9 km away. Potashpur I is about 7.3 km away. Purba Medinipur is about 7.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.