About Chung Village

Chung is a mid sized village in Baba Bakala tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,557, made up of 823 males and 734 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 325 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chung Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chung village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Amritsar
Tehsil	Baba Bakala
Pincode	143114
Area (hectares)	325 hectares
Population	1,557
Male Population	823
Female Population	734
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	892
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chung compares

By the 2011 count Chung is the 69th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,840 residents. Its 325 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, a little below the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Chung

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

Chung lies about 38 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is Baba Bakala Raiya, about 16 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 Chung
Tehsil headquarters	Baba Bakala	14 km
Nearest town	Batāla	16 km
Nearest railway station	Baba Bakala Raiya	16 km
District headquarters	Amritsar	38 km

Villages closest to Chung

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Baba Bakala 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 Chung

As per the Census of India 2011, Chung village had a population of 1,557. That makes it the 69th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,840 residents.

Chung village has 823 males and 734 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chung has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 923.

The pincode recorded for Chung is 143114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chung covers 325 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chung falls under Baba Bakala tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Chung is Baba Bakala Raiya, about 16 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Chung.

Chung is about 38 km from Amritsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chung is in Baba Bakala tehsil of Amritsar district. Baba Bakala is about 14 km away. Batāla is about 16 km away. Baba Bakala Raiya is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.