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About Chandai Village

Chandai is a mid sized village in Jhalda I tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,133, made up of 552 males and 581 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,053 females per 1000 males. The village covers 267.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 723212, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chandai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chandai village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Puruliya
Tehsil Jhalda I
Pincode 723212
Area (hectares) 267.53 hectares
Population 1,133
Male Population 552
Female Population 581
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,053
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Chandai compares

By the 2011 count Chandai is the 36th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 982 residents. Its 267.53 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 959.

Getting to Chandai

The census records public bus service for Chandai as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chandai from other places

Chandai lies about 26 km from Puruliya, and the nearest railway station is Shewbabudih, about 11 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 Chandai
Nearest railway station Shewbabudih 11 km
Nearest town Pāthardih 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Jhalda I 26 km
District headquarters Puruliya 26 km

Villages closest to Chandai

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

Common questions about Chandai

As per the Census of India 2011, Chandai village had a population of 1,133. That makes it the 36th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 982 residents.

Chandai village has 552 males and 581 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chandai has about 1053 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 959.

The pincode recorded for Chandai is 723212. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chandai covers 267.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chandai falls under Jhalda I tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Chandai is Shewbabudih, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Chandai.

Chandai is about 26 km from Puruliya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chandai is in Jhalda I tehsil of Puruliya district. Shewbabudih is about 11 km away. Pāthardih is about 13 km away. Jhalda I is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ankura (15 km), Paramura (16 km) and Ona (25 km).

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

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