About Chawinda Village

Chawinda is a small village in Shahkot tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 145, made up of 73 males and 72 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 986 females per 1000 males. The village covers 158 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144701, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chawinda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chawinda village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Jalandhar
Tehsil	Shahkot
Pincode	144701
Area (hectares)	158 hectares
Population	145
Male Population	73
Female Population	72
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	986
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chawinda compares

By the 2011 count Chawinda is the 161st largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 806 residents. Its 158 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 956.

Getting to Chawinda

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

Chawinda lies about 27 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Malsian Shahkot, about 8.4 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 Chawinda
Nearest railway station	Malsian Shahkot	8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shahkot	12 km
Nearest town	Nakodar	14 km
District headquarters	Jalandhar	27 km

Villages closest to Chawinda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chawinda village had a population of 145. That makes it the 161st largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 806 residents.

Chawinda village has 73 males and 72 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chawinda has about 986 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 956.

The pincode recorded for Chawinda is 144701. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chawinda covers 158 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chawinda falls under Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Chawinda is Malsian Shahkot, about 8.4 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 Chawinda.

Chawinda is about 27 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chawinda is in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district. Malsian Shahkot is about 8.4 km away. Shahkot is about 12 km away. Nakodar is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.