About Chaklan Village

Chaklan is a mid sized village in Chamkaur Sahib tehsil, in the district of Rupnagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,327, made up of 720 males and 607 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 843 females per 1000 males. The village covers 229 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chaklan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaklan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Rupnagar
Tehsil	Chamkaur Sahib
Pincode	140102
Area (hectares)	229 hectares
Population	1,327
Male Population	720
Female Population	607
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	843
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chaklan compares

By the 2011 count Chaklan is the 27th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 752 residents. Its 229 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 892.

Getting to Chaklan

Chaklan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chaklan 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chaklan from other places

Chaklan lies about 17 km from Rupnagar, and the nearest railway station is Morinda Junction, about 6.6 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 Chaklan
Nearest town	Morinda	6.5 km
Nearest railway station	Morinda Junction	6.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chamkaur Sahib	8.2 km
District headquarters	Rupnagar	17 km

Villages closest to Chaklan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chamkaur Sahib 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 Chaklan

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaklan village had a population of 1,327. That makes it the 27th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 752 residents.

Chaklan village has 720 males and 607 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaklan has about 843 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 892.

The pincode recorded for Chaklan is 140102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chaklan covers 229 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chaklan falls under Chamkaur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Chaklan is Morinda Junction, about 6.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Chaklan.

Chaklan is about 17 km from Rupnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaklan is in Chamkaur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district. Morinda is about 6.5 km away. Morinda Junction is about 6.6 km away. Chamkaur Sahib is about 8.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.