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About Har Chand Village

Har Chand is a small village in Mukerian tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 193, made up of 98 males and 95 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 969 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Har Chand Overview

Census 2011 figures for Har Chand village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Mukerian
Pincode 144214
Area (hectares) 55 hectares
Population 193
Male Population 98
Female Population 95
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 969
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 Har Chand compares

By the 2011 count Har Chand is the 277th largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 908 residents. Its 55 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Har Chand

The census records public bus service for Har Chand 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 Har Chand from other places

Har Chand lies about 62 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Bhangala, 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 Har Chand
Nearest railway station Bhangala under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Mukerian 8.6 km
Nearest town Mukeriān 8.6 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 62 km

Villages closest to Har Chand

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 Har Chand

As per the Census of India 2011, Har Chand village had a population of 193. That makes it the 277th largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 908 residents.

Har Chand village has 98 males and 95 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Har Chand has about 969 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Har Chand is 144214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Har Chand covers 55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Har Chand falls under Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Har Chand is Bhangala, about under 2 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 Har Chand.

Har Chand is about 62 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Har Chand is in Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Bhangala is about under 2 km away. Mukerian is about 8.6 km away. Mukeriān is about 8.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gurdaspur (under 2 km), Jandwal (under 2 km) and Manjpur (under 2 km).

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

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