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About Chair Village

Chair is a mid sized village in Phagwara tehsil, in the district of Kapurthala, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 753, made up of 395 males and 358 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 906 females per 1000 males. The village covers 130.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144408, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chair Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chair village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Kapurthala
Tehsil Phagwara
Pincode 144408
Area (hectares) 130.71 hectares
Population 753
Male Population 395
Female Population 358
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 906
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chair compares

By the 2011 count Chair is the 58th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,226 residents. Its 130.71 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Chair

Chair is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chair as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chair from other places

Chair lies about 50 km from Kapurthala, and the nearest railway station is Bahram, about 7.5 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 Chair
Nearest railway station Bahram 7.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Phagwara 12 km
Nearest town Phagwāra 12 km
District headquarters Kapurthala 50 km

Villages closest to Chair

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chair village had a population of 753. That makes it the 58th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,226 residents.

Chair village has 395 males and 358 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chair has about 906 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Chair is 144408. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chair covers 130.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chair falls under Phagwara tehsil of Kapurthala district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Chair is Bahram, about 7.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Chair.

Chair is about 50 km from Kapurthala in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chair is in Phagwara tehsil of Kapurthala district. Bahram is about 7.5 km away. Phagwara is about 12 km away. Phagwāra is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Brahampur (under 2 km), Dhak Jagpalpur (under 2 km) and Gopalpur (under 2 km).

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

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