About Chahalpur Village

Chahalpur is a mid sized village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,023, made up of 507 males and 516 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 310 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144527, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chahalpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chahalpur village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Garhshankar
Pincode	144527
Area (hectares)	310 hectares
Population	1,023
Male Population	507
Female Population	516
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,018
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 Chahalpur compares

By the 2011 count Chahalpur is the 112th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 310 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Chahalpur

Chahalpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chahalpur 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 Chahalpur from other places

Chahalpur lies about 48 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Kariha, about 4.3 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 Chahalpur
Nearest railway station	Kariha	4.3 km
Nearest town	Banga	8.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Garhshankar	15 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	48 km

Villages closest to Chahalpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chahalpur village had a population of 1,023. That makes it the 112th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Chahalpur village has 507 males and 516 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chahalpur has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Chahalpur is 144527. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chahalpur covers 310 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chahalpur falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Chahalpur is Kariha, about 4.3 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Chahalpur.

Chahalpur is about 48 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chahalpur is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Kariha is about 4.3 km away. Banga is about 8.2 km away. Garhshankar is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.