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About Chak Bilgan Village

Chak Bilgan is a mid sized village in Nawanshahr tehsil, in the district of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,822, made up of 903 males and 919 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 216 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144504, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chak Bilgan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chak Bilgan village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil Nawanshahr
Pincode 144504
Area (hectares) 216 hectares
Population 1,822
Male Population 903
Female Population 919
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,018
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Chak Bilgan compares

By the 2011 count Chak Bilgan is the 48th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 216 hectares work out to about 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Chak Bilgan

Chak Bilgan is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Chak Bilgan as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chak Bilgan from other places

Chak Bilgan lies about 16 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Bahram, about 1.7 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 Chak Bilgan
Nearest railway station Bahram 1.7 km
Nearest town Banga 7.8 km
District headquarters Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Nawanshahr 20 km

Villages closest to Chak Bilgan

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

Common questions about Chak Bilgan

As per the Census of India 2011, Chak Bilgan village had a population of 1,822. That makes it the 48th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Chak Bilgan village has 903 males and 919 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chak Bilgan has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Chak Bilgan is 144504. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chak Bilgan covers 216 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Chak Bilgan falls under Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Chak Bilgan is Bahram, about 1.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Chak Bilgan.

Chak Bilgan is about 16 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.

Chak Bilgan is in Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Bahram is about 1.7 km away. Banga is about 7.8 km away. Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhandhua (under 2 km), Katt (under 2 km) and Mallah Sodhian (1.8 km).

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

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