About Chak Wassan Village

Chak Wassan is a small village in Batala tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 398, made up of 213 males and 185 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143515, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chak Wassan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chak Wassan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Gurdaspur
Tehsil	Batala
Pincode	143515
Area (hectares)	72 hectares
Population	398
Male Population	213
Female Population	185
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	869
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chak Wassan compares

By the 2011 count Chak Wassan is the 304th largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents. Its 72 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 910.

Getting to Chak Wassan

Chak Wassan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chak Wassan as Available within 5 - 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 Chak Wassan from other places

Chak Wassan lies about 39 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Tanda Urmar, 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 Chak Wassan
Nearest town	Urmar	8.8 km
Nearest railway station	Tanda Urmar	9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Batala	35 km
District headquarters	Gurdaspur	39 km

Villages closest to Chak Wassan

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 Chak Wassan

As per the Census of India 2011, Chak Wassan village had a population of 398. That makes it the 304th largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents.

Chak Wassan village has 213 males and 185 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chak Wassan has about 869 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 910.

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

Chak Wassan covers 72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chak Wassan falls under Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Chak Wassan is Tanda Urmar, about 9.4 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Chak Wassan.

Chak Wassan is about 39 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chak Wassan is in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Urmar is about 8.8 km away. Tanda Urmar is about 9.4 km away. Batala is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.