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About Chingar Wan Village

Chingar Wan is a mid sized village in Mukerian tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,967, made up of 987 males and 980 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 993 females per 1000 males. The village covers 496 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chingar Wan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chingar Wan village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Mukerian
Pincode 144216
Area (hectares) 496 hectares
Population 1,967
Male Population 987
Female Population 980
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 993
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chingar Wan compares

By the 2011 count Chingar Wan is the 26th largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 908 residents. Its 496 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Chingar Wan

Chingar Wan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Chingar Wan 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chingar Wan from other places

Chingar Wan lies about 47 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Kartoli Punjab, about 15 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 Chingar Wan
Nearest town Talwāra 3.7 km
Nearest railway station Kartoli Punjab 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Mukerian 23 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 47 km

Villages closest to Chingar Wan

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 Chingar Wan

As per the Census of India 2011, Chingar Wan village had a population of 1,967. That makes it the 26th largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 908 residents.

Chingar Wan village has 987 males and 980 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chingar Wan has about 993 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Chingar Wan is 144216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chingar Wan covers 496 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chingar Wan falls under Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Chingar Wan is Kartoli Punjab, about 15 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Chingar Wan.

Chingar Wan is about 47 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chingar Wan is in Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Talwāra is about 3.7 km away. Kartoli Punjab is about 15 km away. Mukerian is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Adampur Mahotian (under 2 km), Chak Mirpur (under 2 km) and Dohar (1.9 km).

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

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