About Chaitanyapur Village

Chaitanyapur is a large village in Sutahata tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,169, made up of 1,660 males and 1,509 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 89.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721645, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chaitanyapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaitanyapur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Medinipur
Tehsil	Sutahata
Pincode	721645
Area (hectares)	89.22 hectares
Population	3,169
Male Population	1,660
Female Population	1,509
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	909
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chaitanyapur compares

By the 2011 count Chaitanyapur is the 8th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,521 residents. Its 89.22 hectares work out to about 36 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Chaitanyapur

Chaitanyapur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chaitanyapur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Chaitanyapur from other places

Chaitanyapur lies about 24 km from Purba Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Barda, about 1.9 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 Chaitanyapur
Nearest railway station	Barda	1.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sutahata	3.0 km
Nearest town	Monoharpur	3.1 km
District headquarters	Purba Medinipur	24 km

Villages closest to Chaitanyapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaitanyapur village had a population of 3,169. That makes it the 8th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,521 residents.

Chaitanyapur village has 1,660 males and 1,509 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaitanyapur has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 952.

The pincode recorded for Chaitanyapur is 721645. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chaitanyapur covers 89.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 36 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Chaitanyapur falls under Sutahata tehsil of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Chaitanyapur is Barda, about 1.9 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Chaitanyapur.

Chaitanyapur is about 24 km from Purba Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaitanyapur is in Sutahata tehsil of Purba Medinipur district. Barda is about 1.9 km away. Sutahata is about 3.0 km away. Monoharpur is about 3.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.