Country India District Jalandhar Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Elevation 246 m Area code 01826 | State Punjab Tehsil Phillaur PIN 144416 Population 1,830 (2011) | |
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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 census town 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.
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Map of Chak Sahbu, Punjab 144416
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. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 191 which makes up 10.44% of total population of the 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. 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.