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About Chak Garupota Village

Chak Garupota is a mid sized village in Tamluk tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,601, made up of 837 males and 764 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 913 females per 1000 males. The village covers 52.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721647, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chak Garupota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chak Garupota village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Purba Medinipur
Tehsil Tamluk
Pincode 721647
Area (hectares) 52.06 hectares
Population 1,601
Male Population 837
Female Population 764
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 913
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 Chak Garupota compares

By the 2011 count Chak Garupota is the 52nd largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,022 residents. Its 52.06 hectares work out to about 31 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Chak Garupota

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

Chak Garupota lies about 40 km from Purba Medinipur. 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 Garupota
Nearest town Diamond Harbour 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Tamluk 20 km
District headquarters Purba Medinipur 40 km

Villages closest to Chak Garupota

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chak Garupota village had a population of 1,601. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,022 residents.

Chak Garupota village has 837 males and 764 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chak Garupota has about 913 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 942.

The pincode recorded for Chak Garupota is 721647. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chak Garupota covers 52.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 31 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Chak Garupota falls under Tamluk tehsil of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Chak Garupota notes the nearest railway station 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 Chak Garupota.

Chak Garupota is about 40 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 Garupota is in Tamluk tehsil of Purba Medinipur district. Diamond Harbour is about 15 km away. Tamluk is about 20 km away. Purba Medinipur is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Salikabhupati Chak (under 2 km), Hirapur (1.5 km) and Mamudpur (2.8 km).

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

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