Chohla Sahib is a town and a

nagar panchayat A nagar panchayat (town panchayat; ) or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,000 ...

Tarn Taran district Tarn Taran district is one of the districts in the Majha region of Punjab, India. The main cities are Tarn Taran Sahib, Bhikhiwind, Khadur Sahib and Patti. The City of Tarn Taran is a holy place for Sikhs. Tarn Taran district was formed in 2 ...

of the

Majha Majha ( Punjabi: ਮਾਝਾ (Gurmukhi), (Shahmukhi); ''Mājhā'') is a region located in the central parts of the historical Punjab region split between India and Pakistan. It extends north from the right banks of the river Beas, and reaches ...

region of Indian

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Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...

. This town is located in Chohla Sahib development block. Chohla Sahib is a historical place in view of two

sikh gurus The Sikh gurus ( Punjabi: ਸਿੱਖ ਗੁਰੂ) are the spiritual masters of Sikhism, who established this religion over the course of about two and a half centuries, beginning in 1469. The year 1469 marks the birth of Guru Nanak, the found ...

having visited this place. The

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of Chohla Sahib is 143408.

Demographics

As per

2011 Census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

, Chohla Sahib had 2115 number of households and total population was 11,561 persons. There were total of 6,097 males, 5,464 females in 2011 in this town. The total number of children of 6 years or below were 1,334 in town. The percentage of male population was 52.74%, the percentage of female population was 47.26% and the percentage of child population was 11.54%. Average Sex Ratio of Chohla Sahib was 896 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895.

Literacy

In 2011, literacy rate of Chohla Sahib was 70.71 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab, male literacy was 75.64 % and female literacy rate was 65.27 %.

References

External links

DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK TARN TARAN 2011 - VILLAGE AND TOWN WISE PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT (PCA)
Cities and towns in Tarn Taran district Punjab {{PunjabIN-geo-stub