About Chaukan Village

Chaukan is a mid sized village in Manbazar II tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,354, made up of 694 males and 660 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 951 females per 1000 males. The village covers 352.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 723131, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chaukan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaukan village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Puruliya
Tehsil	Manbazar II
Pincode	723131
Area (hectares)	352.87 hectares
Population	1,354
Male Population	694
Female Population	660
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	951
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chaukan compares

By the 2011 count Chaukan is the 15th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 795 residents. Its 352.87 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Chaukan

Chaukan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chaukan as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Chaukan from other places

Chaukan lies about 34 km from Puruliya, and the nearest railway station is Indrabil, about 13 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 Chaukan
Nearest railway station	Indrabil	13 km
Nearest town	Adra	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Manbazar II	34 km
District headquarters	Puruliya	34 km

Villages closest to Chaukan

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

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Common questions about Chaukan

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaukan village had a population of 1,354. That makes it the 15th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 795 residents.

Chaukan village has 694 males and 660 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaukan has about 951 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Chaukan is 723131. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chaukan covers 352.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chaukan falls under Manbazar II tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Chaukan is Indrabil, about 13 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Chaukan.

Chaukan is about 34 km from Puruliya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaukan is in Manbazar II tehsil of Puruliya district. Indrabil is about 13 km away. Adra is about 16 km away. Manbazar II is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.