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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Chak Guru
| settlement_type = Village
| pushpin_map = India Punjab#India
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Punjab, India
| coordinates = {{coord|31.1577624|N|76.1752188|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district|Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar]]
| government_type = [[Panchayati raj (India)|Panchayat raj]]
| governing_body = [[Gram panchayat]]
| unit_pref = Metric
| elevation_m = 251
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 993<ref name=census>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=35445|title=Chak Guru Population per Census India|work=[[2011 Census of India]]}}</ref>
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_note =
| population_demonym =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| demographics1_title2 =
| demographics1_info2 =
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 144501
| area_code_type = [[Telephone code]]
| area_code = 01884
| iso_code = IN-PB
| registration_plate =
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| blank1_info_sec1 = 882 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| blank1_name_sec2 = [[Post office]]
| blank1_info_sec2 = [[Kultham]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-villagedirectory/Directory/short_code_rural_03.pdf|title=All India Pincode Directory|work=censusindia.gov.in}}</ref>
| website = {{URL|nawanshahr.nic.in}}
}}

'''Chak Guru''' is a village in [[Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district]] of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] [[States and territories of India|State]], India. It is located {{convert|9.2|km}} away from [[Garhshankar]], {{convert|17.6|km}} from [[Balachaur]], {{convert|17|km}} from district headquarter Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar and {{convert|87|km}} from state capital [[Chandigarh]]. The village is administrated by [[Sarpanch]] an elected representative of the village.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nawanshahr.gov.in/Election%20website/DDPO16-09-2013/Elected%20Sarpanches%20Distt.%20SBS%20Nagar2013.pdf|title=List of Sarpanches of Gram Panchayats in SBS Nagar district|work=nawanshahr.gov.in (extract from Punjab Government Gazette)|access-date=28 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924184443/http://nawanshahr.gov.in/Election%20website/DDPO16-09-2013/Elected%20Sarpanches%20Distt.%20SBS%20Nagar2013.pdf|archive-date=24 September 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Demography ==
As of 2011, Chak Guru has a total number of 224 houses and population of 993 of which 518 include are males while 475 are females according to the report published by [[2011 Census of India|Census India in 2011]]. The [[Literacy|literacy rate]] of Chak Guru is 80.25%, higher than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 107 which is 10.78% of total population of Chak Guru, and [[child sex ratio]] is approximately 574 as compared to Punjab state average of 846.<ref name=census /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=103437|title=Child Sex Ratio in India (2001-2011)|work=pib.nic.in}}</ref>

Most of the people are from [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Schedule Caste]] which constitutes 66.06% of total population in Chak Guru. The town does not have any [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Schedule Tribe]] population so far.<ref name=census />

As per the report published by Census India in 2011, 406 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Chak Guru which includes 282 males and 124 females. According to census survey report 2011, 89.16% workers describe their work as main work and 10.84% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing [[livelihood]] for less than 6 months.<ref name=census /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/0305_PART_B_DCHB%20_SAHID%20BHAGAT%20SINGH%20NAGAR.pdf|title=District Census Handbook SBS Nagar|work=censusindia.gov.in}}</ref>

== Education ==
The village has a Punjabi medium, co-ed upper primary school founded in 1976.<ref name="SBSNP">{{cite web|url=http://www.sbsnagarpolice.com/Forms/School%20College%20of%20SBS%20Nagar.pdf|title=List of Schools and Colleges in SBS Nagar district|work=sbsnagarpolice.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icbse.com/schools/gms-chak-guru/03050316802|title=Details about Gps Chak Guru School|work=icbse.com}}</ref> The schools provide [[Mid day meals|mid-day meal]] which prepared in school premises. as per Indian [[Midday Meal Scheme]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ssapunjab.org/mdm/|title=Mid Day Meal Society|work=ssapunjab.org}}</ref> As per [[Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act]] the school provide free education to children between the ages of 6 and 14. The village also has an English medium, co-ed primary with upper primary and secondary school which was founded in 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icbse.com/schools/sbssg-khalsa-model-school-chak-guru/03060302303|title=Details about SBSSG Khalsa Model School Chak Guru|work=icbse.com}}</ref> Sikh National College Banga and [[Mukandpur#Amardeep Singh Shergill Memorial College Mukandpur|Amardeep Singh Shergill Memorial college Mukandpur]] are the nearest colleges.<ref name="SBSNP" />

== Landmarks and history ==
The village has a historical Sikh shrine [[List of gurdwaras#India|Gurudwara Gurpartap]] where [[Guru Tegh Bahadur]] visited and dug a well after seeing the shortage of drinking water.<ref name="NSG">{{cite web | url=http://nawanshahr.gov.in/html/places_to_visit.htm | title=Religious places of Nawanshahr | work=nawanshahr.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dy-pOAnlQL0C&q=Gurudwara+Gurpartap | title=Discover Punjab: Attractions of Punjab | publisher=Parminder Singh Grover | author=Grover, Parminder Singh | year=2011}}</ref> The land to build gurudwara was given by [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh]].<ref name="NSG" />

== Transport ==
Garhshankar Junction train station is the nearest train station however, Nawanshahr railway station is {{convert|9|km}} away from the village. [[Sahnewal Airport]] is the nearest domestic airport which located {{convert|63|km}} away 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 {{convert|164|km}} away in [[Amritsar]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.google.co.in/maps/dir/Chak+Guru,+Punjab/Garhshankar+Junction,+Garhshankar-Hoshiarpur+Road,+Garhshankar,+Punjab/Chak+Guru,+Punjab/Nawanshahr+Railway+Station,+Railway+Road,+Guru+Ravidas+Nagar,+Nawanshahr,+Punjab/Chak+Guru,+Punjab/Ludhiana+Airport,+Ludhiana,+Punjab/Chak+Guru,+Punjab/Sri+Guru+Ram+Dass+Jee+International+Airport,+Raja+Sansi,+Punjab/@31.2714352,74.9400889,9z/am=t/data=!3m1!4b1!4m50!4m49!1m5!1m1!1s0x391ab95343748fc5:0xedfae1c5760903d4!2m2!1d76.179823!2d31.1586274!1m5!1m1!1s0x391abf70c8ccbed7:0xe1194be2a5ffb5d8!2m2!1d76.1385636!2d31.2240694!1m5!1m1!1s0x391ab95343748fc5:0xedfae1c5760903d4!2m2!1d76.179823!2d31.1586274!1m5!1m1!1s0x391abdc00733d547:0xb47c552bf41ad7ec!2m2!1d76.1089072!2d31.1216023!1m5!1m1!1s0x391ab95343748fc5:0xedfae1c5760903d4!2m2!1d76.179823!2d31.1586274!1m5!1m1!1s0x391a83a8f16dc85d:0x4d81be91b95ee708!2m2!1d75.9569956!2d30.8505353!1m5!1m1!1s0x391ab95343748fc5:0xedfae1c5760903d4!2m2!1d76.179823!2d31.1586274!1m5!1m1!1s0x39196609c25343eb:0x2284aab8b51ba16d!2m2!1d74.8066719!2d31.7055209!3e0|title=Distance from Chak Guru (Multiple routes)|work= Google Map}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[List of villages in India]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.punjabtourism.gov.in/ Tourism of Punjab] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103144903/http://www.punjabtourism.gov.in/ |date=3 January 2019 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180804201629/http://punjabcensus.gov.in/ Census of Punjab]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20161018231343/http://cept.gov.in/lbpsd/placesearch.aspx Locality Based PINCode]

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[[Category:Villages in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district]]

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