About Cheema Village

Cheema is a large village in Batala tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,371, made up of 1,777 males and 1,594 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 640 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143515, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Cheema Overview

Census 2011 figures for Cheema village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Gurdaspur
Tehsil	Batala
Pincode	143515
Area (hectares)	640 hectares
Population	3,371
Male Population	1,777
Female Population	1,594
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	897
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Cheema compares

By the 2011 count Cheema is the 21st largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents. Its 640 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 910.

Getting to Cheema

Cheema is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Cheema 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Cheema from other places

Cheema lies about 35 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Batala Junction, about 9.2 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 Cheema
Tehsil headquarters	Batala	7.7 km
Nearest town	Batāla	7.7 km
Nearest railway station	Batala Junction	9.2 km
District headquarters	Gurdaspur	35 km

Villages closest to Cheema

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Cheema village had a population of 3,371. That makes it the 21st largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents.

Cheema village has 1,777 males and 1,594 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Cheema has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 910.

The pincode recorded for Cheema is 143515. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Cheema covers 640 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Cheema falls under Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Cheema is Batala Junction, about 9.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Cheema is about 35 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Cheema is in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Batala is about 7.7 km away. Batāla is about 7.7 km away. Batala Junction is about 9.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.