Chak Bilgan is a village in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district of

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State, India. It is located away from postal head office Behram, from

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, from district headquarter Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar and from state capital

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. The village is administrated by

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Mr Balwant Singh, an elected representative of the village. Mr Balwant Singh keeps close borders of Punjab and London.

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

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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

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is approximately 921 as compared to Punjab state average of 846. 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.

Education

The village has a Punjabi medium, girls upper primary with secondary/higher secondary school founded in 1962. The schools provide mid-day meal as per Indian

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and the meal prepared in school premises. As per

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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.

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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

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and the nearest international airport is located in Chandigarh also

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is the second nearest airport which is away in

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Tourism of Punjab

Census of Punjab

Locality Based PINCode
{{Nawanshahr district Villages in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district

Demography

Education

Transport

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