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About Sharaf Chak Village

Sharaf Chak is a small village in Pathankot tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 278, made up of 147 males and 131 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 129 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143534, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sharaf Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sharaf Chak village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Gurdaspur
Tehsil Pathankot
Pincode 143534
Area (hectares) 129 hectares
Population 278
Male Population 147
Female Population 131
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 891
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Sharaf Chak compares

By the 2011 count Sharaf Chak is the 274th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 129 hectares work out to about 2.2 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 934.

Getting to Sharaf Chak

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

Sharaf Chak lies about 27 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Jakolari, about 6.3 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 Sharaf Chak
Nearest railway station Jakolari 6.3 km
Nearest town Sujānpur 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Pathankot 14 km
District headquarters Gurdaspur 27 km

Villages closest to Sharaf Chak

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pathankot 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 Sharaf Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Sharaf Chak village had a population of 278. That makes it the 274th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Sharaf Chak village has 147 males and 131 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sharaf Chak has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Sharaf Chak is 143534. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sharaf Chak covers 129 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sharaf Chak falls under Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Sharaf Chak is Jakolari, about 6.3 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Sharaf Chak.

Sharaf Chak is about 27 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sharaf Chak is in Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Jakolari is about 6.3 km away. Sujānpur is about 11 km away. Pathankot is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sharif Chak (under 2 km), Malpur (under 2 km) and Mangial (1.7 km).

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

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