About Chankoya Village

Chankoya is a mid sized village in Balachaur tehsil, in the district of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,200, made up of 634 males and 566 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 254 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144526, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chankoya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chankoya village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Balachaur
Pincode	144526
Area (hectares)	254 hectares
Population	1,200
Male Population	634
Female Population	566
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	893
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chankoya compares

By the 2011 count Chankoya is the 43rd largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 872 residents. Its 254 hectares work out to about 4.7 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 937.

Getting to Chankoya

Chankoya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chankoya 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. The nearest villages by name are Chahal, Chandiani Kalan, Chandiani Khurd and Chandpur Rurki. 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.

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Common questions about Chankoya

As per the Census of India 2011, Chankoya village had a population of 1,200. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 872 residents.

Chankoya village has 634 males and 566 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chankoya has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Chankoya is 144526. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chankoya covers 254 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Chankoya notes the nearest railway station 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 Chankoya.

Chankoya is in Balachaur tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar 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.