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About Chak Guru Village

Chak Guru is a mid sized village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,268, made up of 625 males and 643 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,029 females per 1000 males. The village covers 173 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144532, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chak Guru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chak Guru village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Garhshankar
Pincode 144532
Area (hectares) 173 hectares
Population 1,268
Male Population 625
Female Population 643
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,029
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chak Guru compares

By the 2011 count Chak Guru is the 82nd largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 173 hectares work out to about 7.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Chak Guru

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

Chak Guru lies about 49 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Alachor, about 5.1 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 Chak Guru
Nearest railway station Alachor 5.1 km
Nearest town Nawanshahr 7.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Garhshankar 7.3 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 49 km

Villages closest to Chak Guru

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.

Common questions about Chak Guru

As per the Census of India 2011, Chak Guru village had a population of 1,268. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Chak Guru village has 625 males and 643 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chak Guru has about 1029 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Chak Guru is 144532. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chak Guru covers 173 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Chak Guru falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Chak Guru is Alachor, about 5.1 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 Chak Guru.

Chak Guru is about 49 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chak Guru is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Alachor is about 5.1 km away. Nawanshahr is about 7.1 km away. Garhshankar is about 7.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chak Singha (under 2 km), Samundra (under 2 km) and Chak Hajipur (under 2 km).

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

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