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About Chak Purana Village

Chak Purana is a small village in Bhulath tehsil, in the district of Kapurthala, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 18, made up of 11 males and 7 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 636 females per 1000 males. The village covers 29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144636, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chak Purana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chak Purana village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Kapurthala
Tehsil Bhulath
Pincode 144636
Area (hectares) 29 hectares
Population 18
Male Population 11
Female Population 7
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 636
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 Chak Purana compares

By the 2011 count Chak Purana is the 87th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 890 residents. Its 29 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Chak Purana

Chak Purana is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Chak Purana 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 Chak Purana from other places

Chak Purana lies about 11 km from Kapurthala, and the nearest railway station is Rail Coach Factory, about 9.1 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 Chak Purana
Nearest railway station Rail Coach Factory 9.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhulath 11 km
District headquarters Kapurthala 11 km
Nearest town Kapurthala Town 11 km

Villages closest to Chak Purana

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bhulath 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 Chak Purana

As per the Census of India 2011, Chak Purana village had a population of 18. That makes it the 87th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 890 residents.

Chak Purana village has 11 males and 7 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chak Purana has about 636 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Chak Purana is 144636. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chak Purana covers 29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chak Purana falls under Bhulath tehsil of Kapurthala district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Chak Purana is Rail Coach Factory, about 9.1 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 Chak Purana.

Chak Purana is about 11 km from Kapurthala in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chak Purana is in Bhulath tehsil of Kapurthala district. Rail Coach Factory is about 9.1 km away. Bhulath is about 11 km away. Kapurthala is about 11 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 Dom (under 2 km), Chak Shah Kala (under 2 km) and Chakshah Alladin (under 2 km).

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

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