# Chak Natha Village, Garhshankar, Hoshiarpur (Punjab)

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Village · Garhshankar, Hoshiarpur 

# Chak Natha

Chak Natha is a village in Garhshankar sub-district of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab, PIN code **144530**. The 2011 Census counted **208 people in 44 households**, the 269th largest of 296 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.7%.

- 208people (2011)
- 44households
- 76.6%literacy
- 144530PIN code

## Chak Natha PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Chak Natha is 144530.** Chak Natha falls in Garhshankar sub-district, Hoshiarpur district, Punjab.

- PIN code144530
- Gram panchayatChak--Natha
- Community development blockMahilpur
- Census village code031920

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

## How far is Chak Natha from nearby towns?

- Garhshankar (sub-district HQ)27 km by road
- Hoshiarpur (district HQ)31 km by road
- Garhshankar (nearest town)27 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 Chak Natha?

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

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Community health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Railway stationIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Meghowal
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Harjiana
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Garhshankar
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 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 · 14 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 Chak Natha known for?

The main crops are **wheat**. About 83% of the 114 hectares of village land is sown, and 34 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 Chak Natha

Of every 100 households in Chak Natha in 2011, 95 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 21 cooked with LPG; 88 had a mobile phone, 69 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chak Natha · ■ Garhshankar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**98%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**62%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**38%

Tap water ****0%**

**67%

Drinking water within premises ****86%**

**82%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****21%**

**45%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****71%**

**52%

Use banking services ****83%**

**84%

Television ****86%**

**86%

Mobile phone ****88%**

**77%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**3%

Two-wheeler ****69%**

**47%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**9%

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

**4%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Chak Natha?

■ Chak Natha · ■ Garhshankar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.6%**

**81.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****691**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****100**

**890

Working population ****84.1%**

**32.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.5% for men and 71.4% for women. 87% of men and 80% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 106 (61%) · **■** Other work 9 (5%) · **■** Marginal 60 (34%)

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 Garhshankar

- Badhel260 people
- Matton235 people
- Chahar212 people
- Darapur211 people
- Untwal202 people
- Kukran197 people
- Bariana193 people
- Thandal193 people

[All 297 villages in Garhshankar](https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/hoshiarpur/garhshankar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Chak Natha?144530
- How far is Chak Natha from Hoshiarpur?31 km by road
- What is the population of Chak Natha?208 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chak Natha in?Hoshiarpur district (Garhshankar sub-district), Punjab
- What is the literacy rate of Chak Natha?76.6% (Census 2011)
