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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Gurnam Singh
Contact: 98****6184
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- LGD code
- 30878
- Pincode
- 144216
- Post office
- Talwara Township
- Population
- 1,496
- Households
- 320
- Literacy rate
- 67%
- Sex ratio
- 901 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 869
Census 2011 · in context
How Chotala (58) compares
By population, Chotala (58) ranks #26 of 132 villages in Tanda mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.0%
−7.4% vs mandal average
- Chotala (58)
- 67.0%
- Tanda mandal
- 74.4%
- Hoshiarpur district
- 75.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
901
−74 vs mandal average
- Chotala (58)
- 901
- Tanda mandal
- 975
Household size
people per home
4.7
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Chotala (58)
- 4.7
- Tanda mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chotala (58) at a glance
Chotala (58) is a village of 1,496 people in 320 households (Census 2011) in Tanda tehsil, Hoshiarpur district, Punjab, the 26th-largest of 132 villages in Tanda tehsil. Literacy is 67%, 7 points below the tehsil average of 74% and the sex ratio is 901 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 144216, served by Talwara Township post office; the LGD village code is 30878. The sarpanch is Gurnam Singh. The population is estimated at 1,764 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Chotala (58)
- LGD code
- 30878
- Pincode
- 144216
- Post office
- Talwara Township
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,496
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,764
- Households
- 320
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 901
- Literacy rate
- 67.0%
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Gurnam Singh
- Block / Mandal
- Tanda
Same pincode
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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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)