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About Chak Sikandar Village

Chak Sikandar is a mid sized village in Ajnala tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,428, made up of 754 males and 674 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 418 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chak Sikandar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chak Sikandar village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Amritsar
Tehsil Ajnala
Pincode 143102
Area (hectares) 418 hectares
Population 1,428
Male Population 754
Female Population 674
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 894
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Chak Sikandar compares

By the 2011 count Chak Sikandar is the 90th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents. Its 418 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Chak Sikandar

Chak Sikandar is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Chak Sikandar as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Chak Sikandar from other places

Chak Sikandar lies about 25 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is Fatehgarh Churian, about 3.4 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 Sikandar
Nearest railway station Fatehgarh Churian 3.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Ajnala 14 km
Nearest town Ajnāla 14 km
District headquarters Amritsar 25 km

Villages closest to Chak Sikandar

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.

Common questions about Chak Sikandar

As per the Census of India 2011, Chak Sikandar village had a population of 1,428. That makes it the 90th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents.

Chak Sikandar village has 754 males and 674 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chak Sikandar has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Chak Sikandar is 143102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chak Sikandar covers 418 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chak Sikandar falls under Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Chak Sikandar is Fatehgarh Churian, about 3.4 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Chak Sikandar.

Chak Sikandar is about 25 km from Amritsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chak Sikandar is in Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district. Fatehgarh Churian is about 3.4 km away. Ajnala is about 14 km away. Ajnāla 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 Chak Aul (under 2 km), Kotla Sadar (under 2 km) and Balbawa (1.9 km).

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

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