Chak Bilgan Explained

Chak Bilgan
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:India Punjab#India
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Punjab, India
Coordinates:31.1828°N 75.9082°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Punjab
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar
Government Type:Panchayat raj
Governing Body:Gram panchayat
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation M:251
Population Total:1822[1]
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Note:Sex ratio 903/919 /
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Punjabi
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:144504
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Area Code:01823
Iso Code:IN-PB
Blank1 Name Sec2:Post office
Blank1 Info Sec2:Behram Chak Bilgan[2]

Chak Bilgan is a village in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district of Punjab State, India. It is located away from postal head office Behram, from Banga, from district headquarter Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar and from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by Sarpanch Mr Balwant Singh, an elected representative of the village. [3]

Demography

As of 2011, Chak Bilgan has a total number of 389 houses and population of 1822 of which 903 include are males while 919 are females according to the report published by Census India in 2011. The literacy rate of Chak Bilgan is 87.42%, higher than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 193 which is 10.59% of total population of Chak Bilgan, and child sex ratio is approximately 921 as compared to Punjab state average of 846.[4]

Most of the people are either Jatt sikhs or Ravidassias. Other prominent family names in the village consist of Bains, Sohals and Kajla. Schedule castes form 42.70% of total population in Chak Bilgan. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.

As per the report published by Census India in 2011, 547 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Chak Bilgan which includes 480 males and 67 females. According to census survey report 2011, 91.22% workers describe their work as main work and 8.78% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.[5]

Education

The village has a Punjabi medium, girls upper primary with secondary/higher secondary school founded in 1962.[6] [7] The schools provide mid-day meal as per Indian Midday Meal Scheme[8] and the meal prepared in school premises. As per Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act the school provide free education to children between the ages of 6 and 14.

Amardeep Singh Shergill Memorial college Mukandpur and Sikh National College Banga are the nearest colleges.[9] Lovely Professional University is away from the village.

Transport

Behram railway station is the nearest train station however, Phagwara Junction railway station is away from the village. Sahnewal Airport is the nearest domestic airport which located 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 away in Amritsar.[10]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chak Bilgan Population per Census India. 2011 Census of India.
  2. Web site: All India Pincode Directory. censusindia.gov.in.
  3. Web site: List of Sarpanches of Gram Panchayats in SBS Nagar district. nawanshahr.gov.in (extract from Punjab Government Gazette). 28 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20170510104814/http://nawanshahr.gov.in/Election%20website/DDPO16-09-2013/Elected%20Sarpanches%20Distt.%20SBS%20Nagar2013.pdf#. 10 May 2017. dead. dmy-all.
  4. Web site: Child Sex Ratio in India (2001-2011). pib.nic.in.
  5. Web site: District Census Handbook SBS Nagar. censusindia.gov.in.
  6. Web site: List of Schools and Colleges in SBS Nagar district. sbsnagarpolice.com.
  7. Web site: Details about GSSS Chak Bilgan School (G). icbse.com.
  8. Web site: Mid Day Meal Society. ssapunjab.org.
  9. Web site: List of Schools and Colleges in SBS Nagar district. sbsnagarpolice.com.
  10. Web site: Distance from Chak Bilgan (Multiple routes). Google Map.