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).
Chawinda | |
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Village | |
  Chawinda Location in Punjab, India  Chawinda Chawinda (India) | |
| Coordinates: 31°11′14″N 75°19′38″E / 31.1873165°N 75.3273295°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Punjab |
| District | Jalandhar |
| Tehsil | Shahkot |
| Government | |
| • Type | Panchayat raj |
| • Body | Gram panchayat |
| Elevation | 240 m (790 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 145[1] |
| Sex ratio 73/72 ♂/♀ | |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Punjabi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-PB |
| Website | jalandhar |
Transport
editShahkot 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.