About Ganga Chak Village

Ganga Chak is a small village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 402, made up of 207 males and 195 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 122 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ganga Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ganga Chak village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Dasua
Pincode	144205
Area (hectares)	122 hectares
Population	402
Male Population	207
Female Population	195
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	942
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Ganga Chak compares

By the 2011 count Ganga Chak is the 252nd largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 122 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Ganga Chak

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

How far is Ganga Chak from other places

Ganga Chak lies about 44 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Unchi Bassi, about 2.0 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 Ganga Chak
Nearest railway station	Unchi Bassi	2.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dasua	4.9 km
Nearest town	Dasūya	4.9 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	44 km

Villages closest to Ganga Chak

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 Ganga Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Ganga Chak village had a population of 402. That makes it the 252nd largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Ganga Chak village has 207 males and 195 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ganga Chak has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 984.

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

Ganga Chak covers 122 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ganga Chak falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Ganga Chak is Unchi Bassi, about 2.0 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 village for Ganga Chak.

Ganga Chak is about 44 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ganga Chak is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Unchi Bassi is about 2.0 km away. Dasua is about 4.9 km away. Dasūya is about 4.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.