About Puro Chak Village

Puro Chak is a mid sized village in Mukerian tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 512, made up of 276 males and 236 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 117 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Puro Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puro Chak village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Mukerian
Pincode	144214
Area (hectares)	117 hectares
Population	512
Male Population	276
Female Population	236
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	855
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Puro Chak compares

By the 2011 count Puro Chak is the 199th largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 908 residents. Its 117 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Puro Chak

Puro Chak is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Puro Chak as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Puro Chak from other places

Puro Chak lies about 55 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Bhangala, about 12 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 Puro Chak
Nearest railway station	Bhangala	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mukerian	14 km
Nearest town	Mukeriān	14 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	55 km

Villages closest to Puro Chak

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 Puro Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Puro Chak village had a population of 512. That makes it the 199th largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 908 residents.

Puro Chak village has 276 males and 236 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puro Chak has about 855 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 995.

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

Puro Chak covers 117 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Puro Chak is Bhangala, about 12 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Puro Chak.

Puro Chak is about 55 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Puro Chak is in Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Bhangala is about 12 km away. Mukerian is about 14 km away. Mukeriān is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.