About Chawa Village

Chawa is a mid sized village in Samrala tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 630, made up of 328 males and 302 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 111 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141412, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chawa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chawa village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Ludhiana
Tehsil	Samrala
Pincode	141412
Area (hectares)	111 hectares
Population	630
Male Population	328
Female Population	302
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	921
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Chawa compares

By the 2011 count Chawa is the 107th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 914 residents. Its 111 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Chawa

Chawa is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Chawa 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chawa from other places

Chawa lies about 32 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Chawapail, 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 Chawa
Nearest railway station	Chawapail	under 2 km
Nearest town	Khanna	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Samrala	10 km
District headquarters	Ludhiana	32 km

Villages closest to Chawa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chawa village had a population of 630. That makes it the 107th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 914 residents.

Chawa village has 328 males and 302 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chawa has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 908.

The pincode recorded for Chawa is 141412. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chawa covers 111 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chawa falls under Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Chawa is Chawapail, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Chawa.

Chawa is about 32 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chawa is in Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district. Chawapail is about under 2 km away. Khanna is about 10 km away. Samrala is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.