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About Chakan Village

Chakan is a mid sized village in Budhlada tehsil, in the district of Mansa, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,646, made up of 879 males and 767 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 873 females per 1000 males. The village covers 775 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 151502, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chakan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chakan village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Mansa
Tehsil Budhlada
Pincode 151502
Area (hectares) 775 hectares
Population 1,646
Male Population 879
Female Population 767
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 873
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Chakan compares

By the 2011 count Chakan is the 52nd largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,484 residents. Its 775 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 883.

Getting to Chakan

Chakan 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 Chakan 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 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Boha, Borawal, Budhlada and Budhpura. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Chakan

As per the Census of India 2011, Chakan village had a population of 1,646. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,484 residents.

Chakan village has 879 males and 767 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chakan has about 873 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 883.

The pincode recorded for Chakan is 151502. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chakan covers 775 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chakan falls under Budhlada tehsil of Mansa district in Punjab.

The census record for Chakan notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

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

Chakan is in Budhlada tehsil of Mansa district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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