About Chainpur Village

Chainpur is a mid sized village in Ajnala tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,341, made up of 719 males and 622 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 865 females per 1000 males. The village covers 279 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chainpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chainpur village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Amritsar
Tehsil	Ajnala
Pincode	143101
Area (hectares)	279 hectares
Population	1,341
Male Population	719
Female Population	622
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	865
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chainpur compares

By the 2011 count Chainpur is the 106th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents. Its 279 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Chainpur

Chainpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chainpur as Available within 5 - 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 Chainpur from other places

Chainpur lies about 16 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is Khasa, 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 Chainpur
Nearest railway station	Khasa	10 km
Nearest town	Nangli	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ajnala	16 km
District headquarters	Amritsar	16 km

Villages closest to Chainpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chainpur village had a population of 1,341. That makes it the 106th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents.

Chainpur village has 719 males and 622 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chainpur has about 865 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Chainpur is 143101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chainpur covers 279 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chainpur falls under Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Chainpur is Khasa, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Chainpur.

Chainpur is about 16 km from Amritsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chainpur is in Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district. Khasa is about 10 km away. Nangli is about 15 km away. Ajnala is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.