Hussain Chak

Hussain Chak
ਹੂਸੇਨ ਚੱਕ
Village
Hussain Chak
Hussain Chak

Location in Punjab, India

Coordinates: 31°05′30″N 76°05′27″E / 31.0916582°N 76.090697°E / 31.0916582; 76.090697Coordinates: 31°05′30″N 76°05′27″E / 31.0916582°N 76.090697°E / 31.0916582; 76.090697
Country  India
State Punjab
District Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar
Government
  Type Panchayat raj
  Body Gram panchayat
Elevation 355 m (1,165 ft)
Population (2011)
  Total 439[1]
  Sex ratio 223/216 /
Languages
  Official Punjabi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 144518
Telephone code 01823
ISO 3166 code IN-PB
Post office Garcha[2]
Website nawanshahr.nic.in

Hussain Chak (Punjabi: ਹੂਸੇਨ ਚੱਕ) is a village in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 7.6 kilometres (4.7 mi) away from postal head office Garcha, 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) from Nawanshahr, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from district headquarter Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar and 94 kilometres (58 mi) from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representative of the village.[3]

Demography

As of 2011, Hussain Chak has a total number of 81 houses and population of 439 of which 223 include are males while 216 are females according to the report published by Census India in 2011. The literacy rate of Hussain Chak is 83.20%, higher than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 52 which is 11.85% of total population of Hussain Chak, and child sex ratio is approximately 677 as compared to Punjab state average of 846.[1][4]

Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 80.87% of total population in Hussain Chak. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.[1]

As per the report published by Census India in 2011, 123 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Hussain Chak which includes 110 males and 13 females. According to census survey report 2011, 95.12% workers describe their work as main work and 4.88% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.[1][5]

Education

The village has a Punjabi medium, co-ed primary school founded in 1972.[6][7] The school provide mid-day meal. The school provide free education to children between the ages of 6 and 14 as per Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act.

KC Engineering College and Doaba Khalsa Trust Group Of Institutions are the nearest colleges.[6] Industrial Training Institute for women (ITI Nawanshahr) is 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi) and Lovely Professional University is 46.5 kilometres (28.9 mi) away from the village.

Transport

Banga railway station is the nearest train station however, Garhshankar Junction railway station is 17.8 kilometres (11.1 mi) away from the village. Sahnewal Airport is the nearest domestic airport which located 53 kilometres (33 mi) away in Ludhiana and the nearest international airport is located in Chandigarh also Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport is the second nearest airport which is 156 kilometres (97 mi) away in Amritsar.[8]

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