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About Nangal Chhanga Village

Nangal Chhanga is a small village in Nawanshahr tehsil, in the district of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 413, made up of 202 males and 211 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,045 females per 1000 males. The village covers 140 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144517, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nangal Chhanga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nangal Chhanga village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil Nawanshahr
Pincode 144517
Area (hectares) 140 hectares
Population 413
Male Population 202
Female Population 211
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,045
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Nangal Chhanga compares

By the 2011 count Nangal Chhanga is the 232nd largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 140 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Nangal Chhanga

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

Nangal Chhanga lies about 14 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Rahon, about 15 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 Nangal Chhanga
District headquarters Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar 14 km
Nearest railway station Rahon 15 km
Nearest town Phillaur 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Nawanshahr 19 km

Villages closest to Nangal Chhanga

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 Nangal Chhanga

As per the Census of India 2011, Nangal Chhanga village had a population of 413. That makes it the 232nd largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Nangal Chhanga village has 202 males and 211 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nangal Chhanga has about 1045 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Nangal Chhanga is 144517. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nangal Chhanga covers 140 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Nangal Chhanga falls under Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Nangal Chhanga is Rahon, about 15 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Nangal Chhanga.

Nangal Chhanga is about 14 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.

Nangal Chhanga is in Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar is about 14 km away. Rahon is about 15 km away. Phillaur 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 Pandrawal (under 2 km), Burj Tehal Dass (3.0 km) and Begowal (4.2 km).

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

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