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About Chak Kolarkhal Village

Chak Kolarkhal is a mid sized village in Sonarpur tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,513, made up of 747 males and 766 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 35.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743330, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chak Kolarkhal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chak Kolarkhal village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil Sonarpur
Pincode 743330
Area (hectares) 35.23 hectares
Population 1,513
Male Population 747
Female Population 766
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,025
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chak Kolarkhal compares

By the 2011 count Chak Kolarkhal is the 47th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,716 residents. Its 35.23 hectares work out to about 43 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Chak Kolarkhal

Chak Kolarkhal is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Chak Kolarkhal 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chak Kolarkhal from other places

Chak Kolarkhal lies about 39 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Hemanta Mukhopadhyay, about 2.0 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 Chak Kolarkhal
Nearest railway station Hemanta Mukhopadhyay 2.0 km
Nearest town Kolkata 7.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Sonarpur 8.8 km
District headquarters South Twenty Four Parganas 39 km

Villages closest to Chak Kolarkhal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chak Kolarkhal village had a population of 1,513. That makes it the 47th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,716 residents.

Chak Kolarkhal village has 747 males and 766 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chak Kolarkhal has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Chak Kolarkhal is 743330. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chak Kolarkhal covers 35.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 43 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Chak Kolarkhal falls under Sonarpur tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Chak Kolarkhal is Hemanta Mukhopadhyay, about 2.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 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 Chak Kolarkhal.

Chak Kolarkhal is about 39 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.

Chak Kolarkhal is in Sonarpur tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Hemanta Mukhopadhyay is about 2.0 km away. Kolkata is about 7.8 km away. Sonarpur is about 8.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Karimpur (under 2 km), Kharki (2.0 km) and Bhagabanpur (2.2 km).

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

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