# Nikoo Chak Village, Mukerian, Hoshiarpur (Punjab) – PIN Code > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/hoshiarpur/mukerian/nikoo-chak/ Village · Mukerian, Hoshiarpur # Nikoo Chak Nikoo Chak is a village in Mukerian sub-district of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab, PIN code **144214**. The 2011 Census counted **1,481 people in 304 households**, the 41st largest of 304 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 85.1%. - 1,481people (2011) - 304households - 85.6%literacy - 144214PIN code ## Nikoo Chak PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Nikoo Chak is 144214.** Nikoo Chak falls in Mukerian sub-district, Hoshiarpur district, Punjab. - PIN code144214 - Gram panchayatNikoo-Chak - Community development blockHazipur - Census village code031263 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Nikoo Chak from nearby towns? - Mukerian (sub-district HQ)13 km by road - Hoshiarpur (district HQ)66 km by road - Mukerian (nearest town)13 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 Nikoo Chak? 12 services counted by the Census are inside Nikoo Chak; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Alternative medicine hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Mobile health clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Private bus serviceIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Gera - ○Degree college10+ km · Mukerian - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Mukerian - ○Primary health centreunder 5 km - ○Allopathic hospital10+ km - ○Post officeunder 5 km - ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km - ○Railway station10+ km - ○ATMunder 5 km - ○Commercial bankunder 5 km - ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km - ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km - ○Public libraryunder 5 km ### Water and power - Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds - Electricity (2011)16 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 Nikoo Chak known for? The main crops are **wheat**. About 77% of the 143 hectares of village land is sown, and 26 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 Nikoo Chak Of every 100 households in Nikoo Chak in 2011, 98 had electricity, 51 a toilet at home and 67 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 36 a two-wheeler and 7 a car. ■ Nikoo Chak · ■ Mukerian rural average Electricity for lighting ****98%** **96% Toilet within the home ****51%** **43% No toilet (open defecation) ****48%** **56% Tap water ****28%** **46% Drinking water within premises ****83%** **74% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****67%** **53% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****33%** **44% Use banking services ****76%** **84% Television ****87%** **83% Mobile phone ****68%** **73% Computer with internet ****2%** **2% Two-wheeler ****36%** **46% Car / jeep / van ****7%** **5% None of these assets ****3%** **6% Own their home ****98%** **97% 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 Nikoo Chak? ■ Nikoo Chak · ■ Mukerian rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****85.6%** **85.1% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1009** **990 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****864** **851 Working population ****24.6%** **27.5% ### Women and men Literacy is 89.0% for men and 82.3% for women. 46% of men and 4% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 100 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 32 (9%) · **■** Household industry 24 (7%) · **■** Other work 134 (37%) · **■** Marginal 74 (20%) 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 Mukerian - Porika1,671 people - Beh Khushala1,596 people - Chanaur1,495 people - Hardo Khondpur1,493 people - Hirbeh1,459 people - Siri Pandain1,456 people - Khizarpur1,453 people - Repur1,443 people [All 307 villages in Mukerian](https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/hoshiarpur/mukerian/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Nikoo Chak?144214 - How far is Nikoo Chak from Hoshiarpur?66 km by road - What is the population of Nikoo Chak?1,481 (Census 2011) - Which district is Nikoo Chak in?Hoshiarpur district (Mukerian sub-district), Punjab - What is the literacy rate of Nikoo Chak?85.6% (Census 2011)