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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
GURNAM SINGH
Contact: 94****7841
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- LGD code
- 34449
- Pincode
- 142052
- Post office
- Ferozeshah
- Population
- 1,292
- Households
- 225
- Literacy rate
- 62.2%
- Sex ratio
- 875 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 627
Census 2011 · in context
How Chander (177) compares
By population, Chander (177) ranks #88 of 301 villages in Firozpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.2%
+5.4% vs mandal average
- Chander (177)
- 62.2%
- Firozpur mandal
- 56.8%
- Ferozepur district
- 60.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
875
−20 vs mandal average
- Chander (177)
- 875
- Firozpur mandal
- 895
Household size
people per home
5.7
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Chander (177)
- 5.7
- Firozpur mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chander (177) at a glance
Chander (177) is a village of 1,292 people in 225 households (Census 2011) in Firozpur tehsil, Ferozepur district, Punjab, the 88th-largest of 301 villages in Firozpur tehsil. Literacy is 62%, 5 points above the tehsil average of 57% and the sex ratio is 875 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 142052, served by Ferozeshah post office; the LGD village code is 34449. The sarpanch is GURNAM SINGH. The population is estimated at 1,523 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Chander (177)
- LGD code
- 34449
- Pincode
- 142052
- Post office
- Ferozeshah
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,292
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,523
- Households
- 225
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 875
- Literacy rate
- 62.2%
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- GURNAM SINGH
- Block / Mandal
- Firozpur
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 142052
- Feroze Shah (153)Firozpur mandal3,609 pop
- Shakoor (195)Firozpur mandal2,433 pop
- Ghall Khurd (193)Firozpur mandal2,160 pop
- Shahzadi (194)Firozpur mandal2,064 pop
- Karmuwala (155)Firozpur mandal1,940 pop
- Jaimalwala Alias Piareana (202)Firozpur mandal1,925 pop
- Bhangar (205)Firozpur mandal1,862 pop
- Mana Singhwala (203)Firozpur mandal1,851 pop
- Warabhai (189)Firozpur mandal1,557 pop
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)