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About Chambal Khurd Village

Chambal Khurd is a small village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 172, made up of 90 males and 82 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 911 females per 1000 males. The village covers 35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 146105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chambal Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chambal Khurd village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Garhshankar
Pincode 146105
Area (hectares) 35 hectares
Population 172
Male Population 90
Female Population 82
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 911
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chambal Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Chambal Khurd is the 268th 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 35 hectares work out to about 4.9 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 961.

Getting to Chambal Khurd

Chambal Khurd is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chambal Khurd 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chambal Khurd from other places

Chambal Khurd lies about 21 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Mahngarwal Doaba, about 11 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 Chambal Khurd
Nearest railway station Mahngarwal Doaba 11 km
Nearest town Banga 19 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Garhshankar 22 km

Villages closest to Chambal Khurd

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 Chambal Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Chambal Khurd village had a population of 172. That makes it the 268th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Chambal Khurd village has 90 males and 82 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chambal Khurd has about 911 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Chambal Khurd is 146105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chambal Khurd covers 35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chambal Khurd falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Chambal Khurd is Mahngarwal Doaba, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 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 Chambal Khurd.

Chambal Khurd is about 21 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chambal Khurd is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Mahngarwal Doaba is about 11 km away. Banga is about 19 km away. Hoshiarpur is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chambal Kalan (under 2 km), Manolian (under 2 km) and Daduwal (under 2 km).

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

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