About Chanalta Village

Chanalta is a small village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 303, made up of 161 males and 142 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 221 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chanalta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chanalta village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Dasua
Pincode	144205
Area (hectares)	221 hectares
Population	303
Male Population	161
Female Population	142
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	882
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chanalta compares

By the 2011 count Chanalta is the 285th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 221 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Chanalta

Chanalta is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chanalta as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Chanalta from other places

Chanalta lies about 37 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Khuda Kurala, about 2.9 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 Chanalta
Nearest railway station	Khuda Kurala	2.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dasua	6.6 km
Nearest town	Dasūya	6.6 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	37 km

Villages closest to Chanalta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chanalta village had a population of 303. That makes it the 285th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Chanalta village has 161 males and 142 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chanalta has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Chanalta is 144205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chanalta covers 221 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chanalta falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Chanalta is Khuda Kurala, about 2.9 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Chanalta.

Chanalta is about 37 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chanalta is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Khuda Kurala is about 2.9 km away. Dasua is about 6.6 km away. Dasūya is about 6.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.