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About Lohar Chak Village

Lohar Chak 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 548, made up of 311 males and 237 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 762 females per 1000 males. The village covers 24.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193411, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lohar Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lohar Chak village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Badgam
Tehsil Beerwah
Pincode 193411
Area (hectares) 24.3 hectares
Population 548
Male Population 311
Female Population 237
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 762
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Lohar Chak compares

By the 2011 count Lohar Chak is the 75th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,479 residents. Its 24.3 hectares work out to about 23 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 Lohar Chak

Lohar Chak is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Lohar Chak as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Lohar Chak from other places

Lohar Chak lies about 12 km from Badgam, and the nearest railway station is Mazhom, about 2.6 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 Lohar Chak
Nearest railway station Mazhom 2.6 km
Nearest town Soyībug 6.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Beerwah 9.8 km
District headquarters Badgam 12 km

Villages closest to Lohar Chak

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.

Common questions about Lohar Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Lohar Chak village had a population of 548. That makes it the 75th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,479 residents.

Lohar Chak village has 311 males and 237 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lohar Chak has about 762 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 889.

The pincode recorded for Lohar Chak is 193411. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lohar Chak covers 24.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Lohar Chak falls under Beerwah tehsil of Badgam district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Lohar Chak is Mazhom, about 2.6 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Lohar Chak.

Lohar Chak is about 12 km from Badgam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lohar Chak is in Beerwah tehsil of Badgam district. Mazhom is about 2.6 km away. Soyībug is about 6.5 km away. Beerwah is about 9.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hurdu Waminu (under 2 km), Kanth Bagh (under 2 km) and Kawsa Khalisa (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Lohar Chak today is likely to be higher.

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