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About Haji Chak Village

Haji Chak 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 6, made up of 3 males and 3 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 36.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721456, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Haji Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Haji Chak village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Purba Medinipur
Tehsil Potashpur II
Pincode 721456
Area (hectares) 36.08 hectares
Population 6
Male Population 3
Female Population 3
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
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 Haji Chak compares

By the 2011 count Haji Chak is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,219 residents. Its 36.08 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 940.

Getting to Haji Chak

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

Haji 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 Haji Chak
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 Haji Chak

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 Haji Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Haji Chak village had a population of 6. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,219 residents.

Haji Chak village has 3 males and 3 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

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

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

Haji Chak covers 36.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Haji 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 Haji Chak.

Haji 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.

Haji Chak 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 Haji Chak today is likely to be higher.

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