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About Purba Chak Panchghara Village

Purba Chak Panchghara is a small village in Jaynagar I tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 356, made up of 171 males and 185 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,082 females per 1000 males. The village covers 17.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743372, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purba Chak Panchghara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purba Chak Panchghara village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil Jaynagar I
Pincode 743372
Area (hectares) 17.16 hectares
Population 356
Male Population 171
Female Population 185
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,082
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Purba Chak Panchghara compares

By the 2011 count Purba Chak Panchghara is the 62nd largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,336 residents. Its 17.16 hectares work out to about 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Purba Chak Panchghara

The census records public bus service for Purba Chak Panchghara as Available within 10+ 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 Purba Chak Panchghara from other places

Purba Chak Panchghara lies about 14 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Gocharan, about 3.2 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 Purba Chak Panchghara
Nearest railway station Gocharan 3.2 km
Nearest town Jaynagar Majilpur 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Jaynagar I 14 km
District headquarters South Twenty Four Parganas 14 km

Villages closest to Purba Chak Panchghara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jaynagar 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 Purba Chak Panchghara

As per the Census of India 2011, Purba Chak Panchghara village had a population of 356. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,336 residents.

Purba Chak Panchghara village has 171 males and 185 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purba Chak Panchghara has about 1082 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Purba Chak Panchghara is 743372. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purba Chak Panchghara covers 17.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Purba Chak Panchghara falls under Jaynagar I tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Purba Chak Panchghara is Gocharan, about 3.2 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Purba Chak Panchghara.

Purba Chak Panchghara is about 14 km from South Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purba Chak Panchghara is in Jaynagar I tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Gocharan is about 3.2 km away. Jaynagar Majilpur is about 12 km away. Jaynagar I is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nilkanthapur (under 2 km), Kismat Goalberia (under 2 km) and Punpo (under 2 km).

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

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