About Bir Chhat Village

Bir Chhat is a small village in Dera Bassi tehsil, in the district of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 246, made up of 131 males and 115 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 210 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140601, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bir Chhat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bir Chhat village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Dera Bassi
Pincode	140601
Area (hectares)	210 hectares
Population	246
Male Population	131
Female Population	115
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	878
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Bir Chhat compares

By the 2011 count Bir Chhat is the 123rd largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,198 residents. Its 210 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 866.

Getting to Bir Chhat

Bir Chhat is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bir Chhat as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Bir Chhat from other places

Bir Chhat lies about 10 km from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Ghagghar, about 5.3 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 Bir Chhat
Nearest railway station	Ghagghar	5.3 km
Nearest town	Zerakpur	5.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dera Bassi	5.7 km
District headquarters	Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar	10 km

Villages closest to Bir Chhat

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Bassi 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 Bir Chhat

As per the Census of India 2011, Bir Chhat village had a population of 246. That makes it the 123rd largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,198 residents.

Bir Chhat village has 131 males and 115 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bir Chhat has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 866.

The pincode recorded for Bir Chhat is 140601. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bir Chhat covers 210 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bir Chhat falls under Dera Bassi tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Bir Chhat is Ghagghar, about 5.3 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 5 - 10 km distance for Bir Chhat.

Bir Chhat is about 10 km from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bir Chhat is in Dera Bassi tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district. Ghagghar is about 5.3 km away. Zerakpur is about 5.5 km away. Dera Bassi is about 5.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.