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About Chak Guru Village

Chak Guru 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 993, made up of 518 males and 475 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 213 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144501, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chak Guru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chak Guru village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil Nawanshahr
Pincode 144501
Area (hectares) 213 hectares
Population 993
Male Population 518
Female Population 475
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 917
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Chak Guru compares

By the 2011 count Chak Guru is the 141st largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 213 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Chak Guru

Chak Guru 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 Guru 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 Guru from other places

Chak Guru lies about 12 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Alachor, about 5.1 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 Guru
Nearest railway station Alachor 5.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Nawanshahr 7.1 km
District headquarters Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar 12 km

Villages closest to Chak Guru

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 Guru

As per the Census of India 2011, Chak Guru village had a population of 993. That makes it the 141st largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Chak Guru village has 518 males and 475 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chak Guru has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Chak Guru is 144501. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chak Guru covers 213 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Chak Guru is Alachor, about 5.1 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 Guru.

Chak Guru is about 12 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 Guru is in Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Alachor is about 5.1 km away. Nawanshahr is about 7.1 km away. Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chuharpur (3.2 km), Mukandpur (3.3 km) and Barwa (4.1 km).

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

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