# Baja Chak Village, Dasua, Hoshiarpur (Punjab) – PIN Code

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Village · Dasua, Hoshiarpur 

# Baja Chak

Baja Chak is a village in Dasua sub-district of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab, PIN code **144205**. The 2011 Census counted **1,007 people in 197 households**, the 95th largest of 379 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 83.9%.

- 1,007people (2011)
- 197households
- 84.2%literacy
- 144205PIN code

## Baja Chak PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Baja Chak is 144205.** Baja Chak falls in Dasua sub-district, Hoshiarpur district, Punjab.

- PIN code144205
- Gram panchayatBaja--Chak
- Community development blockDasua
- Census village code030749

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

## How far is Baja Chak from nearby towns?

- Dasua (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Hoshiarpur (district HQ)49 km by road
- Dasua (nearest town)8 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 Baja Chak?

14 services counted by the Census are inside Baja Chak; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Himmatpur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Hoshiarpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Hoshiarpur
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 10 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 Baja Chak known for?

The main crops are **wheat**. About 83% of the 209 hectares of village land is sown, and 174 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 Baja Chak

Of every 100 households in Baja Chak in 2011, 95 had electricity, 41 a toilet at home and 53 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 49 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Baja Chak · ■ Dasua rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**97%

Toilet within the home ****41%**

**61%

No toilet (open defecation) ****59%**

**38%

Tap water ****7%**

**24%

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

**89%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****53%**

**63%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****47%**

**35%

Use banking services ****69%**

**85%

Television ****88%**

**88%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**78%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**3%

Two-wheeler ****49%**

**55%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**10%

None of these assets ****3%**

**3%

Own their home ****97%**

**96%

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 Baja Chak?

■ Baja Chak · ■ Dasua rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.2%**

**83.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****590**

**827

Working population ****22.9%**

**30.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.0% for men and 80.4% for women. 42% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 36 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 14 (6%) · **■** Household industry 8 (3%) · **■** Other work 103 (45%) · **■** Marginal 70 (30%)

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 Dasua

- Ballagan1,033 people
- Rampur 639)1,033 people
- Haler1,018 people
- Bhana1,013 people
- Rupowal1,002 people
- Aglaur993 people
- Kherabad993 people
- Bagha986 people

[All 398 villages in Dasua](https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/hoshiarpur/dasua/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Baja Chak?144205
- How far is Baja Chak from Hoshiarpur?49 km by road
- What is the population of Baja Chak?1,007 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baja Chak in?Hoshiarpur district (Dasua sub-district), Punjab
- What is the literacy rate of Baja Chak?84.2% (Census 2011)
