About Chainagar Village

Chainagar is a large village in Hemtabad tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,662, made up of 1,360 males and 1,302 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 457.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733156, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chainagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chainagar village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil	Hemtabad
Pincode	733156
Area (hectares)	457.64 hectares
Population	2,662
Male Population	1,360
Female Population	1,302
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	957
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chainagar compares

By the 2011 count Chainagar is the 13th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,246 residents. Its 457.64 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Chainagar

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

Chainagar lies about 7.3 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Dalkhola, about 10 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 Chainagar
District headquarters	Uttar Dinajpur	7.3 km
Nearest railway station	Dalkhola	10 km
Nearest town	Kishanganj	28 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hemtabad	34 km

Villages closest to Chainagar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chainagar village had a population of 2,662. That makes it the 13th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,246 residents.

Chainagar village has 1,360 males and 1,302 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chainagar has about 957 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Chainagar is 733156. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chainagar covers 457.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chainagar falls under Hemtabad tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Chainagar is Dalkhola, about 10 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Chainagar.

Chainagar is about 7.3 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chainagar is in Hemtabad tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Uttar Dinajpur is about 7.3 km away. Dalkhola is about 10 km away. Kishanganj is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.