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About Chak Mathuri Village

Chak Mathuri is a small village in Potashpur II tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 277, made up of 134 males and 143 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,067 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721456, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chak Mathuri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chak Mathuri village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Purba Medinipur
Tehsil Potashpur II
Pincode 721456
Area (hectares) 55.53 hectares
Population 277
Male Population 134
Female Population 143
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,067
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chak Mathuri compares

By the 2011 count Chak Mathuri is the 122nd largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,219 residents. Its 55.53 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 940.

Getting to Chak Mathuri

Chak Mathuri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chak Mathuri as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chak Mathuri from other places

Chak Mathuri 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 Chak Mathuri
Nearest railway station Henria under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Potashpur II 11 km
District headquarters Purba Medinipur 11 km
Nearest town Contai 21 km

Villages closest to Chak Mathuri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chak Mathuri village had a population of 277. That makes it the 122nd largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,219 residents.

Chak Mathuri village has 134 males and 143 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chak Mathuri has about 1067 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 940.

The pincode recorded for Chak Mathuri is 721456. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chak Mathuri covers 55.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chak Mathuri falls under Potashpur II tehsil of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Chak Mathuri is Henria, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Chak Mathuri.

Chak Mathuri 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.

Chak Mathuri is in Potashpur II tehsil of Purba Medinipur district. Henria is about under 2 km away. Potashpur II 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 Chak Aiman (under 2 km), Chak Batia (under 2 km) and Chak Bhabani (under 2 km).

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

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