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About Chhanna Village

Chhanna is a small village in Ajnala tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 436, made up of 208 males and 228 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,096 females per 1000 males. The village covers 144 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143416, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chhanna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhanna village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Amritsar
Tehsil Ajnala
Pincode 143416
Area (hectares) 144 hectares
Population 436
Male Population 208
Female Population 228
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,096
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Chhanna compares

By the 2011 count Chhanna is the 245th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents. Its 144 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Chhanna

Chhanna 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 Chhanna 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chhanna from other places

Chhanna lies about 40 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is Ramdas, about 9.4 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 Chhanna
Nearest railway station Ramdas 9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Ajnala 16 km
Nearest town Ajnāla 16 km
District headquarters Amritsar 40 km

Villages closest to Chhanna

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 Chhanna

As per the Census of India 2011, Chhanna village had a population of 436. That makes it the 245th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents.

Chhanna village has 208 males and 228 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhanna has about 1096 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Chhanna is 143416. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chhanna covers 144 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chhanna falls under Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Chhanna is Ramdas, about 9.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Chhanna.

Chhanna is about 40 km from Amritsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chhanna is in Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district. Ramdas is about 9.4 km away. Ajnala is about 16 km away. Ajnāla is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Darya Mussa (2.1 km), Ghumrai (2.7 km) and Rurewal (2.7 km).

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

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