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About Chak Kalan Village

Chak Kalan is a mid sized village in Mukerian tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 691, made up of 342 males and 349 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 184 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chak Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chak Kalan village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Mukerian
Pincode 144214
Area (hectares) 184 hectares
Population 691
Male Population 342
Female Population 349
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,020
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 Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Chak Kalan is the 142nd largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 908 residents. Its 184 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Chak Kalan

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

Chak Kalan lies about 65 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Chak Kalan, about under 2 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 Kalan
Nearest railway station Chak Kalan under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Mukerian 12 km
Nearest town Mukeriān 12 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 65 km

Villages closest to Chak Kalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chak Kalan village had a population of 691. That makes it the 142nd largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 908 residents.

Chak Kalan village has 342 males and 349 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chak Kalan has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Chak Kalan is 144214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chak Kalan covers 184 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chak Kalan falls under Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Chak Kalan is Chak Kalan, about under 2 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 Kalan.

Chak Kalan is about 65 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chak Kalan is in Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Chak Kalan is about under 2 km away. Mukerian is about 12 km away. Mukeriān is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Harse Mansar (under 2 km), Pandori (1.5 km) and Pandori Musa (1.5 km).

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

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