About Chewa Village

Chewa is a mid sized village in Budgam tehsil, in the district of Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,313, made up of 712 males and 601 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 844 females per 1000 males. The village covers 87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 191111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chewa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chewa village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Badgam
Tehsil	Budgam
Pincode	191111
Area (hectares)	87 hectares
Population	1,313
Male Population	712
Female Population	601
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	844
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chewa compares

By the 2011 count Chewa is the 28th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,169 residents. Its 87 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 939.

Getting to Chewa

Chewa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chewa as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Chewa from other places

Chewa lies about 9.1 km from Badgam, and the nearest railway station is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about under 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 Chewa
Nearest railway station	Naid Gaam Railway Station	under 2 km
Nearest town	Soyībug	4.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Budgam	9.1 km
District headquarters	Badgam	9.1 km

Villages closest to Chewa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Budgam 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 Chewa

As per the Census of India 2011, Chewa village had a population of 1,313. That makes it the 28th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,169 residents.

Chewa village has 712 males and 601 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chewa has about 844 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

The pincode recorded for Chewa is 191111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chewa covers 87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Chewa falls under Budgam tehsil of Badgam district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Chewa is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about under 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Chewa.

Chewa is about 9.1 km from Badgam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chewa is in Budgam tehsil of Badgam district. Naid Gaam Railway Station is about under 2 km away. Soyībug is about 4.7 km away. Budgam is about 9.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.