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About Chak Musa Village

Chak Musa is a small village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 185, made up of 101 males and 84 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 832 females per 1000 males. The village covers 163 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 146108, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chak Musa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chak Musa village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Garhshankar
Pincode 146108
Area (hectares) 163 hectares
Population 185
Male Population 101
Female Population 84
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 832
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Chak Musa compares

By the 2011 count Chak Musa is the 265th 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 163 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 Musa

The census records public bus service for Chak Musa 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chak Musa from other places

Chak Musa 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 Musa
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 Musa

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 Musa

As per the Census of India 2011, Chak Musa village had a population of 185. That makes it the 265th 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 Musa village has 101 males and 84 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chak Musa has about 832 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 Musa is 146108. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chak Musa covers 163 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Chak Musa is Mahngarwal Doaba, about 5.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Chak Musa 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 Musa 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 Narial (under 2 km), Chak Natha (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 Musa today is likely to be higher.

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