About Chaunta Kalan Village

Chaunta Kalan is a small village in Chamkaur Sahib tehsil, in the district of Rupnagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 282, made up of 183 males and 99 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 541 females per 1000 males. The village covers 187 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chaunta Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaunta Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Rupnagar
Tehsil	Chamkaur Sahib
Pincode	140116
Area (hectares)	187 hectares
Population	282
Male Population	183
Female Population	99
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	541
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chaunta Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Chaunta Kalan is the 132nd largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 752 residents. Its 187 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 892.

Getting to Chaunta Kalan

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

Chaunta Kalan lies about 15 km from Rupnagar, and the nearest railway station is Bharatgarh, about 2.8 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 Chaunta Kalan
Nearest railway station	Bharatgarh	2.8 km
District headquarters	Rupnagar	15 km
Nearest town	Ropar	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chamkaur Sahib	27 km

Villages closest to Chaunta Kalan

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 Chaunta Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaunta Kalan village had a population of 282. That makes it the 132nd largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 752 residents.

Chaunta Kalan village has 183 males and 99 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaunta Kalan has about 541 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 Chaunta Kalan is 140116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chaunta Kalan covers 187 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chaunta Kalan falls under Chamkaur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Chaunta Kalan is Bharatgarh, about 2.8 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 Chaunta Kalan.

Chaunta Kalan is about 15 km from Rupnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaunta Kalan is in Chamkaur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district. Bharatgarh is about 2.8 km away. Rupnagar is about 15 km away. Ropar is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.