About Charan Gam Village

Charan Gam is a mid sized village in Beerwah tehsil, in the district of Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,517, made up of 851 males and 666 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 783 females per 1000 males. The village covers 100.4 hectares hectares.

Charan Gam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Charan Gam village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Badgam
Tehsil	Beerwah
Area (hectares)	100.4 hectares
Population	1,517
Male Population	851
Female Population	666
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	783
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Charan Gam compares

By the 2011 count Charan Gam is the 33rd largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,479 residents. Its 100.4 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 889.

Getting to Charan Gam

Charan Gam is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Charan Gam as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Charan Gam from other places

Charan Gam lies about 7.1 km from Badgam, and the nearest railway station is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 5.2 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 Charan Gam
Tehsil headquarters	Beerwah	4.7 km
Nearest railway station	Naid Gaam Railway Station	5.2 km
District headquarters	Badgam	7.1 km
Nearest town	Soyībug	8.1 km

Villages closest to Charan Gam

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Beerwah 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 Charan Gam

As per the Census of India 2011, Charan Gam village had a population of 1,517. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,479 residents.

Charan Gam village has 851 males and 666 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Charan Gam has about 783 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 889.

Charan Gam covers 100.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Charan Gam falls under Beerwah tehsil of Badgam district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Charan Gam is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 5.2 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Charan Gam.

Charan Gam is about 7.1 km from Badgam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Charan Gam is in Beerwah tehsil of Badgam district. Beerwah is about 4.7 km away. Naid Gaam Railway Station is about 5.2 km away. Badgam is about 7.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.