About Chahal Kalan Village

Chahal Kalan is a large village in Batala tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,696, made up of 1,391 males and 1,305 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 544 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143515, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chahal Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chahal Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Gurdaspur
Tehsil	Batala
Pincode	143515
Area (hectares)	544 hectares
Population	2,696
Male Population	1,391
Female Population	1,305
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	938
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chahal Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Chahal Kalan is the 35th 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 544 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 910.

Getting to Chahal Kalan

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

Chahal Kalan lies about 35 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Batala Junction, about 6.7 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 Chahal Kalan
Tehsil headquarters	Batala	5.1 km
Nearest town	Batāla	5.1 km
Nearest railway station	Batala Junction	6.7 km
District headquarters	Gurdaspur	35 km

Villages closest to Chahal Kalan

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 Chahal Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Chahal Kalan village had a population of 2,696. That makes it the 35th 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.

Chahal Kalan village has 1,391 males and 1,305 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chahal Kalan has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 910.

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

Chahal Kalan covers 544 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chahal Kalan falls under Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Chahal Kalan is Batala Junction, about 6.7 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 Chahal Kalan.

Chahal Kalan 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.

Chahal Kalan is in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Batala is about 5.1 km away. Batāla is about 5.1 km away. Batala Junction is about 6.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.