About Chand Purana Village

Chand Purana is a large village in Bagha Purana tehsil, in the district of Moga, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,566, made up of 1,377 males and 1,189 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 863 females per 1000 males. The village covers 660.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 142038, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chand Purana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chand Purana village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Moga
Tehsil	Bagha Purana
Pincode	142038
Area (hectares)	660.9 hectares
Population	2,566
Male Population	1,377
Female Population	1,189
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	863
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chand Purana compares

By the 2011 count Chand Purana is the 34th largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,579 residents. Its 660.9 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 892.

Getting to Chand Purana

Chand Purana is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chand Purana as Available within village. 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 Purana from other places

Chand Purana lies about 10 km from Moga, and the nearest railway station is Ghalkalan, about 8.6 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 Purana
Tehsil headquarters	Bagha Purana	6.5 km
Nearest railway station	Ghalkalan	8.6 km
District headquarters	Moga	10 km

Villages closest to Chand Purana

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.

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Common questions about Chand Purana

As per the Census of India 2011, Chand Purana village had a population of 2,566. That makes it the 34th largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,579 residents.

Chand Purana village has 1,377 males and 1,189 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chand Purana has about 863 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 892.

The pincode recorded for Chand Purana is 142038. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chand Purana covers 660.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Chand Purana is Ghalkalan, about 8.6 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Chand Purana.

Chand Purana 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 Purana is in Bagha Purana tehsil of Moga district. Bagha Purana is about 6.5 km away. Ghalkalan is about 8.6 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.