About Chanuwala Village

Chanuwala is a large village in Bagha Purana tehsil, in the district of Moga, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,957, made up of 1,596 males and 1,361 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 853 females per 1000 males. The village covers 668 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 142038, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chanuwala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chanuwala village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Moga
Tehsil	Bagha Purana
Pincode	142038
Area (hectares)	668 hectares
Population	2,957
Male Population	1,596
Female Population	1,361
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	853
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chanuwala compares

By the 2011 count Chanuwala is the 27th largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,579 residents. Its 668 hectares work out to about 4.4 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 Chanuwala

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

Chanuwala lies about 21 km from Moga, and the nearest railway station is Ghalkalan, about 21 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 Chanuwala
Tehsil headquarters	Bagha Purana	6.2 km
District headquarters	Moga	21 km
Nearest railway station	Ghalkalan	21 km

Villages closest to Chanuwala

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 Chanuwala

As per the Census of India 2011, Chanuwala village had a population of 2,957. That makes it the 27th largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,579 residents.

Chanuwala village has 1,596 males and 1,361 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chanuwala has about 853 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 Chanuwala is 142038. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chanuwala covers 668 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Chanuwala is Ghalkalan, about 21 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 Chanuwala.

Chanuwala is about 21 km from Moga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chanuwala is in Bagha Purana tehsil of Moga district. Bagha Purana is about 6.2 km away. Moga is about 21 km away. Ghalkalan is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.