About Gawal Chak Shangaru Village

Gawal Chak Shangaru is a small village in Mukerian tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 215, made up of 107 males and 108 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gawal Chak Shangaru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gawal Chak Shangaru village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Mukerian
Pincode	144222
Area (hectares)	48 hectares
Population	215
Male Population	107
Female Population	108
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,009
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gawal Chak Shangaru compares

By the 2011 count Gawal Chak Shangaru is the 273rd largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 908 residents. Its 48 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Gawal Chak Shangaru

Gawal Chak Shangaru is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gawal Chak Shangaru as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Gawal Chak Shangaru from other places

Gawal Chak Shangaru lies about 39 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Tanda Urmar, about 9.4 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 Gawal Chak Shangaru
Nearest town	Urmar	8.8 km
Nearest railway station	Tanda Urmar	9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mukerian	28 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	39 km

Villages closest to Gawal Chak Shangaru

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.

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Common questions about Gawal Chak Shangaru

As per the Census of India 2011, Gawal Chak Shangaru village had a population of 215. That makes it the 273rd largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 908 residents.

Gawal Chak Shangaru village has 107 males and 108 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gawal Chak Shangaru has about 1009 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Gawal Chak Shangaru is 144222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gawal Chak Shangaru covers 48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gawal Chak Shangaru falls under Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Gawal Chak Shangaru is Tanda Urmar, about 9.4 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Gawal Chak Shangaru.

Gawal Chak Shangaru is about 39 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gawal Chak Shangaru is in Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Urmar is about 8.8 km away. Tanda Urmar is about 9.4 km away. Mukerian is about 28 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 Sheru (under 2 km), Gawal Chak Jassu (under 2 km) and Nikoo Chak (under 2 km).

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