About Chahal Village

Chahal is a small village in Balachaur tehsil, in the district of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 238, made up of 119 males and 119 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 230 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144522, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chahal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chahal village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Balachaur
Pincode	144522
Area (hectares)	230 hectares
Population	238
Male Population	119
Female Population	119
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
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 Chahal compares

By the 2011 count Chahal is the 144th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 872 residents. Its 230 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Chahal

Chahal is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chahal 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chahal from other places

Chahal lies about 3.1 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Kariha, about 4.3 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 Chahal
District headquarters	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar	3.1 km
Nearest railway station	Kariha	4.3 km
Nearest town	Banga	8.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Balachaur	27 km

Villages closest to Chahal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Balachaur 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.

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Chahal

As per the Census of India 2011, Chahal village had a population of 238. That makes it the 144th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 872 residents.

Chahal village has 119 males and 119 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chahal has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Chahal is 144522. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chahal covers 230 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chahal falls under Balachaur tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Chahal is Kariha, about 4.3 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Chahal.

Chahal is about 3.1 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chahal is in Balachaur tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar is about 3.1 km away. Kariha is about 4.3 km away. Banga is about 8.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.