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About Chandigarh Village

Chandigarh is a small village in Malerkotla tehsil, in the district of Sangrur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 71, made up of 40 males and 31 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 775 females per 1000 males. The village covers 288 hectares hectares.

Chandigarh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chandigarh village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Sangrur
Tehsil Malerkotla
Area (hectares) 288 hectares
Population 71
Male Population 40
Female Population 31
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 775
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chandigarh compares

By the 2011 count Chandigarh is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,425 residents. Its 288 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 896.

Getting to Chandigarh

Chandigarh is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chandigarh as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Bukkanwala, Bulapur, Bunga and Burj. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.

Common questions about Chandigarh

As per the Census of India 2011, Chandigarh village had a population of 71. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,425 residents.

Chandigarh village has 40 males and 31 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chandigarh has about 775 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 896.

Chandigarh covers 288 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chandigarh falls under Malerkotla tehsil of Sangrur district in Punjab.

The census record for Chandigarh notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Chandigarh.

Chandigarh is in Malerkotla tehsil of Sangrur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Chandigarh today is likely to be higher.

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