Chela Chakਚੇਲਾ ਚੱਕ

Where is Chela Chak?

Chela Chak is a village of Pathankot tehsil in Pathankot district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Dina Nagar, about 14 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Narot Jaimal Singh community development block and is served by the Jhela Chak gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 027755, and it covers 87 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 497 people in Chela Chak: 251 men and 246 women, living in 94 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 87 hectares, the population density works out to about 571 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 980 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 46, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 174 people, about 35 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 84.26 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 87.11 per cent and women at 81.42 per cent. The census recorded 137 workers, about 28 per cent of the village. Of the 134 main workers, the largest group, 112, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 21 cultivators on their own land and 1 agricultural labourers. A further 3 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Chela Chak's land. Of the village's 87 hectares, 75 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (75 hectares). About 12 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 21 cultivators and 2 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

For village facilities, the Census 2011 Village Directory is the fullest record available. Education in the village runs through one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health centre and a primary health sub-centre. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Chela Chak is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a public bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Dina Nagar, about 14 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Pathankot, the tehsil headquarters, and Pathankot, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Jogar, Saharanpur, Gande Pindi and Haibat Pindi.

What is the population of Chela Chak?

The population of Chela Chak was 497 at the 2011 census, living in 94 households in Pathankot tehsil of Pathankot district.

What facilities does Chela Chak have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Chela Chak has a government middle school and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.