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About Jio Chak Village

Jio Chak is a small village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 192, made up of 91 males and 101 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,110 females per 1000 males. The village covers 81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jio Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jio Chak village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Dasua
Pincode 144205
Area (hectares) 81 hectares
Population 192
Male Population 91
Female Population 101
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,110
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Jio Chak compares

By the 2011 count Jio Chak is the 317th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 81 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Jio Chak

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

Jio Chak lies about 39 km from Hoshiarpur, 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 Jio Chak
Nearest town Urmar 8.8 km
Nearest railway station Tanda Urmar 9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Dasua 15 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 39 km

Villages closest to Jio 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.

Common questions about Jio Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Jio Chak village had a population of 192. That makes it the 317th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Jio Chak village has 91 males and 101 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jio Chak has about 1110 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 984.

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

Jio Chak covers 81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Jio Chak is Tanda Urmar, about 9.4 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 Jio Chak.

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

Jio Chak is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Urmar is about 8.8 km away. Tanda Urmar is about 9.4 km away. Dasua is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ado Chak (under 2 km), Biru Chak (under 2 km) and Bisso Chak (under 2 km).

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

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