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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Chakia is a village in Puncha mandal, Purulia district, West Bengal with a population of 514 across 130 households. The literacy rate is 47.5%, and the village is situated at 23.185°N, 86.716°E under postal code 723151.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SOUMEN MISHRA
Contact: 79****4657
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- LGD code
- 331063
- Pincode
- 723151
- Post office
- Puncha
- Population
- 514
- Households
- 130
- Literacy rate
- 47.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1016 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 260
- Distance to district centre
- 25 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 9 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 182 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1073 km
- Nearest railway station
- Jhantipahari · 27 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Hura Rural Hospital · 15 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chakia compares
By population, Chakia ranks #69 of 109 villages in Puncha mandal.
Literacy rate
%
47.5%
−11.8% vs mandal average
- Chakia
- 47.5%
- Puncha mandal
- 59.3%
- Purulia district
- 55.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,016
+40 vs mandal average
- Chakia
- 1,016
- Puncha mandal
- 976
Household size
people per home
4.0
−0.9 vs mandal average
- Chakia
- 4.0
- Puncha mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chakia at a glance
Chakia is a village of 514 people in 130 households (Census 2011) in Puncha block, Purulia district, West Bengal, the 69th-largest of 109 villages in Puncha block. Literacy is 48%, 12 points below the block average of 59% and the sex ratio is 1,016 women per 1,000 men. It lies 25 km from the Purulia district centre, 40 km from Aguri Band Punisol, the nearest town, 27 km from Jhantipahari railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 723151, served by Puncha post office; the LGD village code is 331063. The nearest hospital or health centre is Hura Rural Hospital, 15 km away. The sarpanch is SOUMEN MISHRA, and the village votes in Kashipur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kamala Kanta Hansda. The population is estimated at 575 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chakia · this village | 514 | 48% | — |
| Kanara · Puncha | 1,836 | 56% | 1.5 km N |
| Joykalla · Puncha | 730 | 68% | 1.6 km SW |
| Bhangabandh · Saraiyahat | 223 | 74% | 2.5 km E |
| Bhangabandh · Gopikandar | 154 | 40% | 2.5 km E |
| Bhangabandh · Shikaripara | 146 | 45% | 2.5 km E |
| Bhangabandh · Maheshpur | 721 | 43% | 2.5 km E |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chakia
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 14
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 186.1
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 10
- Forest area (ha)
- 40
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chakia
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chakia
- LGD code
- 331063
- Pincode
- 723151
- Post office
- Puncha
- Population (Census 2011)
- 514
- Population (projected 2026)
- 575
- Households
- 130
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1016
- Literacy rate
- 47.5%
- Coordinates
- 23.18529°N, 86.71585°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purulia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kashipur
- Member of Parliament
- Jyotirmay Singh Mahato
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kamala Kanta Hansda
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SOUMEN MISHRA
- Block / Mandal
- Puncha
Getting there
How to reach Chakia
Nearest town · 22,193 people
Aguri Band Punisol · ≈ 40 km
≈ 1 h 23 min by car · 1 h 38 min by bike
DirectionsDistance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata182 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1073 km
- Delhi1126 km
- Chennai1313 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationJhantipahari27 km
- Hospital / PHCHura Rural Hospital15 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India16 km
- Petrol pumpSun Filling Station19 km
- CollegeMajhihira D.el.ed college22 km
- Police stationHirbandh Police Station17 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-10
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)