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Chawinda, Punjab

Coordinates: 31°11′14″N 75°19′38″E / 31.1873165°N 75.3273295°E / 31.1873165; 75.3273295
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Chawinda
Village
Chawinda is located in Punjab
Chawinda
Chawinda
Location in Punjab, India
Chawinda is located in India
Chawinda
Chawinda
Chawinda (India)
Coordinates: 31°11′14″N 75°19′38″E / 31.1873165°N 75.3273295°E / 31.1873165; 75.3273295
Country India
StatePunjab
DistrictJalandhar
TehsilShahkot
Government
 • TypePanchayat raj
 • BodyGram panchayat
Elevation
240 m (790 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total145[1]
 Sex ratio 73/72 /
Languages
 • OfficialPunjabi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 codeIN-PB
Websitejalandhar.nic.in

Chawinda is a village in Shahkot in Jalandhar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 16.4 kilometres (10.2 mi) from Shahkot, 24.4 kilometres (15.2 mi) from Nakodar, 34 kilometres (21 mi) from district headquarter Jalandhar and 180 kilometres (110 mi) from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by a sarpanch who is an elected representative of village as per Panchayati raj (India).

Transport

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Shahkot Malisian station is the nearest train station. The village is 85 kilometres (53 mi) away from domestic airport 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 104 kilometres (65 mi) away in Amritsar.

References

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  1. ^ "Chawinda Population per Census India". Census of India, 2011.