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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2013}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Chauntra
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| settlement_type = village
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| pushpin_map = India Punjab#India
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Punjab, India
| coordinates = {{coord|30.5255|N|74.5831|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 = [[Sri Muktsar Sahib district|Sri Muktsar Sahib]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_total = 1,099
| population_as_of = 2001
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Sri Muktsar Sahib]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| blank2_info_sec1 = 1000/904 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
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'''Chauntra''' is a small village in the [[Sri Muktsar Sahib district]] of [[Punjab, India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/places/info/29060732|title=Chauntra, Sri Muktsar Sahib, Punjab|author=|date=|work=|publisher=www.flickr.com|accessdate=8 January 2012}}</ref> The villagers belongs to the [[Buttar people|Buttar]] clan of [[Jat people|Jatts]].{{citation needed|reason=I heard this village to be of Buttar Jatts;Please add source or tell me|date=January 2012}}

==Geography==

The [[coordinates]] {{coord|30|31|32|N|74|34|59|E}} are the centre of the village, located in the [[Sri Muktsar Sahib district]] in the Indian state of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wikimapia.org/21858829/%E0%A8%9A%E0%A9%8C%E0%A8%82%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE|title=Chauntra, Sri Muktsar Sahib, Punjab|author=|date=|work=by users|publisher=www.wikimapia.org|accessdate=8 January 2012}}</ref>

==Demographics==

In 2001, according to the census, the village had the total population of 1,099 with 190 households, 577 males and 522 females. Thus males constitute 52.5% and females 47.5% of total population with the [[sex ratio]] of 904 females per thousand males.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/PopulationFinder/Sub_Districts_Master.aspx?state_code=03&district_code=12|title=Chauntra, Muktsar sub-district (Sr. No. 31)|year=2001|work=Government of India|publisher=www.censusindia.gov.in|accessdate=8 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001002149/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/PopulationFinder/Sub_Districts_Master.aspx?state_code=03&district_code=12|archive-date=1 October 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.voiceofbharat.org/muktsar/view_results_detail.asp?ID=229&mVarTable=%5BSheet1%5D|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120918113158/http://www.voiceofbharat.org/muktsar/view_results_detail.asp?ID=229&mVarTable=%5BSheet1%5D|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 September 2012|title=Chauntra population details|publisher=www.voiceofbharat.org|accessdate=8 January 2012}}</ref>

===Religion & Language===

The villagers are [[Sikh]]s and follows [[Sikhism]] with Hindu minorities. [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] is the official and local language of the village.

==Economy==

Being the rural area of [[Punjab region|Punjab]] [[agriculture]] is the main occupation of the locals and the main source of income.

==References==

{{reflist}}

{{Villages of Buttar Jatts}}

{{Sri Muktsar Sahib district}}

[[Category:Villages in Sri Muktsar Sahib district]]

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