Chak Sahbu

Chak Sabhu
ਚਕ ਸਹਿਬੂ
Village
Chak Sabhu

Location in Punjab, India

Coordinates: 31°04′47″N 75°52′38″E / 31.079715°N 75.877359°E / 31.079715; 75.877359Coordinates: 31°04′47″N 75°52′38″E / 31.079715°N 75.877359°E / 31.079715; 75.877359
Country  India
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Tehsil Phillaur
Elevation 246 m (807 ft)
Population (2011)
  Total 1,830[1]
Languages
  Official Punjabi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 144416
Telephone code 01826
ISO 3166 code IN-PB
Vehicle registration PB 37

Chak Sahbu (or Chak Saboo Punjabi: ਚਕ ਸਹਿਬੂ) is a small village in Jalandhar District of Punjab State, India. The village is administrated by Sarpanch who is elected representative of village. It is located 49 km towards East from Jalandhar, 14 km from Phillaur and 119 km from Chandigarh. The nearest village and marketplace is located 1 km in Apra, Punjab. The nearest train station is situated 13.9 km away in Phillaur, nearest domestic airport is at Ludhiana and the nearest international airport is 143 km away in Amritsar.[2]

Festival and fairs

Gurudwara Singh Sabha Sahib and Shahi Darbar Baba Gugga jahar Peer Shakandi are religious sites. People celebrate festivals and fairs annually in Chak Sahbu which have taken a semi-secular meaning and are regarded as cultural festivals by people of all religions.

Demography

Chak Sahbu had a population of 1830 of which 888 are males and 942 are females according to the Census India report published in 2011. It has total 381 families residing. The village has lower literacy rate as compared to Punjab. Population of children under the age of 6 years is 191 which makes up 10.44% of total population of village, and male literacy stands at 74.00% while female literacy rate was 70.42%. Average Sex Ratio of the village is 1061 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the village as per census is 1274, higher than Punjab average of 846.[1] The village has schedule caste (SC) constitutes 46.61% of total population of the village and it doesn't have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

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