About Chakar Village

Chakar is a mid sized village in Bhuj tehsil, in the district of Kachchh, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,078, made up of 556 males and 522 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 939 females per 1000 males. The village covers 209.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 370105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chakar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chakar village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Kachchh
Tehsil	Bhuj
Pincode	370105
Area (hectares)	209.41 hectares
Population	1,078
Male Population	556
Female Population	522
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	939
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chakar compares

By the 2011 count Chakar is the 68th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,548 residents. Its 209.41 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 966.

Getting to Chakar

Chakar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chakar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chakar from other places

Chakar lies about 18 km from Kachchh, and the nearest railway station is Kukma, about 14 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Chakar
Nearest railway station	Kukma	14 km
Nearest town	Madhapar	17 km
District headquarters	Kachchh	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhuj	20 km

Villages closest to Chakar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bhuj tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Chakar

As per the Census of India 2011, Chakar village had a population of 1,078. That makes it the 68th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,548 residents.

Chakar village has 556 males and 522 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chakar has about 939 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Chakar is 370105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chakar covers 209.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chakar falls under Bhuj tehsil of Kachchh district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Chakar is Kukma, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Chakar.

Chakar is about 18 km from Kachchh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chakar is in Bhuj tehsil of Kachchh district. Kukma is about 14 km away. Madhapar is about 17 km away. Kachchh is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.