# Chuni Kalan Village, Bassi Pathana, Fatehgarh Sahib (Punjab)

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Village · Bassi Pathana, Fatehgarh Sahib 

# Chuni Kalan

Chuni Kalan is a village in Bassi Pathana sub-district of Fatehgarh Sahib district, Punjab, PIN code **140101**. The 2011 Census counted **2,813 people in 510 households**, the 2nd largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 80.5%.

- 2,813people (2011)
- 510households
- 84.4%literacy
- 140101PIN code

## Chuni Kalan PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Chuni Kalan is 140101.** Chuni Kalan falls in Bassi Pathana sub-district, Fatehgarh Sahib district, Punjab.

- PIN code140101
- Gram panchayatChuni Kalan
- Community development blockKhera
- Census village code032541

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Chuni Kalan from nearby towns?

- Bassi Pathana (sub-district HQ)25 km by road
- Fatehgarh Sahib (district HQ)26 km by road
- Bassi Pathana (nearest town)18 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Chuni Kalan?

19 services counted by the Census are inside Chuni Kalan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●ATMIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Rupalheri
- ○Degree college10+ km · Fatehgarh Sahib
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bassi Pathana
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)14 h summer · 16 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Chuni Kalan known for?

The main crops are **wheat**. About 84% of the 363 hectares of village land is sown, and 304 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Chuni Kalan

Of every 100 households in Chuni Kalan in 2011, 98 had electricity, 91 a toilet at home and 61 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 55 a two-wheeler and 16 a car.

■ Chuni Kalan · ■ Bassi Pathana rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**97%

Toilet within the home ****91%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**23%

Tap water ****84%**

**36%

Drinking water within premises ****95%**

**87%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****61%**

**39%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****35%**

**58%

Use banking services ****94%**

**74%

Television ****89%**

**85%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**78%

Computer with internet ****6%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****55%**

**57%

Car / jeep / van ****16%**

**13%

None of these assets ****2%**

**3%

Own their home ****95%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Chuni Kalan?

■ Chuni Kalan · ■ Bassi Pathana rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.4%**

**80.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****873**

**885

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****807**

**870

Working population ****32.6%**

**36.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.6% for men and 79.7% for women. 51% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 197 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 105 (11%) · **■** Household industry 96 (10%) · **■** Other work 429 (47%) · **■** Marginal 91 (10%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Bassi Pathana

- Nandpur2,880 people
- Kalaur2,106 people
- Chuni Khurd1,998 people
- Pawala1,974 people
- Mehmadpur1,535 people

[All 100 villages in Bassi Pathana](https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/fatehgarh-sahib/bassi-pathana/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Chuni Kalan?140101
- How far is Chuni Kalan from Fatehgarh Sahib?26 km by road
- What is the population of Chuni Kalan?2,813 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chuni Kalan in?Fatehgarh Sahib district (Bassi Pathana sub-district), Punjab
- What is the literacy rate of Chuni Kalan?84.4% (Census 2011)
