| Charan | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Punjab#India |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Punjab, India |
| Coordinates: | 31.0498°N 76.241°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: | 1054[1] |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Note: | Sex ratio 535/519 ♂/♀ |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Punjabi |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 144515 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Area Code: | 01823 |
| Iso Code: | IN-PB |
| Blank1 Info Sec2: | Lassara[2] |
Charan is a village in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district of Punjab State, India. It is located away from Rahon, from Nawanshahr, from district headquarter Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar and from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representative of the village.[3]
As of 2011, Charan has a total number of 204 houses and population of 1054 of which 535 include are males while 519 are females according to the report published by Census India in 2011. The literacy rate of Charan is 80.97%, higher than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 103 which is 9.77% of total population of Charan, and child sex ratio is approximately 1060 as compared to Punjab state average of 846.[4]
Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 62.81% of total population in Charan. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.
As per the report published by Census India in 2011, 327 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Charan which includes 299 males and 28 females. According to census survey report 2011, 98.17% workers describe their work as main work and 1.83% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.[5]
The village has a Punjabi medium, co-ed primary school founded in 1961.[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.
KC Engineering College and Doaba Khalsa Trust Group Of Institutions are the nearest colleges. Industrial Training Institute for women (ITI Nawanshahr) is away from the village. Lovely Professional University is away from the village.
Nawanshahr railway station is the nearest train station however, Garhshankar 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.[9]