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About Chand Nawan Village

Chand Nawan is a large village in Bagha Purana tehsil, in the district of Moga, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,111, made up of 2,174 males and 1,937 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1071 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 142001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chand Nawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chand Nawan village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Moga
Tehsil Bagha Purana
Pincode 142001
Area (hectares) 1071 hectares
Population 4,111
Male Population 2,174
Female Population 1,937
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 891
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chand Nawan compares

By the 2011 count Chand Nawan is the 19th largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,579 residents. Its 1071 hectares work out to about 3.8 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 892.

Getting to Chand Nawan

Chand Nawan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chand Nawan 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chand Nawan from other places

Chand Nawan lies about 10 km from Moga, and the nearest railway station is Ghalkalan, about 7.7 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 Chand Nawan
Tehsil headquarters Bagha Purana 7.7 km
Nearest railway station Ghalkalan 7.7 km
District headquarters Moga 10 km

Villages closest to Chand Nawan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bagha Purana 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 Chand Nawan

As per the Census of India 2011, Chand Nawan village had a population of 4,111. That makes it the 19th largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,579 residents.

Chand Nawan village has 2,174 males and 1,937 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chand Nawan has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 892.

The pincode recorded for Chand Nawan is 142001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chand Nawan covers 1071 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chand Nawan falls under Bagha Purana tehsil of Moga district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Chand Nawan is Ghalkalan, about 7.7 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 village for Chand Nawan.

Chand Nawan is about 10 km from Moga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chand Nawan is in Bagha Purana tehsil of Moga district. Bagha Purana is about 7.7 km away. Ghalkalan is about 7.7 km away. Moga is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chand Purana (1.6 km), Chotia Thoba (2.3 km) and Jai Singhwala (3.4 km).

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

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