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About Chak Natha Village

Chak Natha is a small village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 208, made up of 123 males and 85 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 691 females per 1000 males. The village covers 114 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144530, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chak Natha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chak Natha village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Garhshankar
Pincode 144530
Area (hectares) 114 hectares
Population 208
Male Population 123
Female Population 85
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 691
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Chak Natha compares

By the 2011 count Chak Natha is the 260th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 114 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 961.

Getting to Chak Natha

The census records public bus service for Chak Natha as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chak Natha from other places

Chak Natha lies about 24 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Mahngarwal Doaba, about 5.3 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 Chak Natha
Nearest railway station Mahngarwal Doaba 5.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Garhshankar 18 km
Nearest town Banga 20 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 24 km

Villages closest to Chak Natha

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 Natha

As per the Census of India 2011, Chak Natha village had a population of 208. That makes it the 260th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Chak Natha village has 123 males and 85 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chak Natha has about 691 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Chak Natha is 144530. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chak Natha covers 114 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Chak Natha is Mahngarwal Doaba, about 5.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Chak Natha.

Chak Natha is about 24 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chak Natha is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Mahngarwal Doaba is about 5.3 km away. Garhshankar is about 18 km away. Banga is about 20 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 Musa (under 2 km), Chak Narial (under 2 km) and Haveli (under 2 km).

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

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