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About Chak Wazir Punu Village

Chak Wazir Punu is a small village in Budgam tehsil, in the district of Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 322, made up of 169 males and 153 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 905 females per 1000 males. The village covers 30.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 191111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chak Wazir Punu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chak Wazir Punu village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Badgam
Tehsil Budgam
Pincode 191111
Area (hectares) 30.8 hectares
Population 322
Male Population 169
Female Population 153
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 905
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chak Wazir Punu compares

By the 2011 count Chak Wazir Punu is the 80th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,169 residents. Its 30.8 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Chak Wazir Punu

Chak Wazir Punu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chak Wazir Punu as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Chak Wazir Punu from other places

Chak Wazir Punu lies about 8.6 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 Chak Wazir Punu
Nearest railway station Naid Gaam Railway Station under 2 km
Nearest town Soyībug 4.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Budgam 8.6 km
District headquarters Badgam 8.6 km

Villages closest to Chak Wazir Punu

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.

Common questions about Chak Wazir Punu

As per the Census of India 2011, Chak Wazir Punu village had a population of 322. That makes it the 80th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,169 residents.

Chak Wazir Punu village has 169 males and 153 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chak Wazir Punu has about 905 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 939.

The pincode recorded for Chak Wazir Punu is 191111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chak Wazir Punu covers 30.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Chak Wazir Punu falls under Budgam tehsil of Badgam district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Chak Wazir Punu 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Chak Wazir Punu.

Chak Wazir Punu is about 8.6 km from Badgam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chak Wazir Punu is in Budgam tehsil of Badgam district. Naid Gaam Railway Station is about under 2 km away. Soyībug is about 4.1 km away. Budgam is about 8.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chewa (under 2 km), Chata Bug (under 2 km) and Thakar Pora Jagir (under 2 km).

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

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