About Chatar Gam Village

Chatar Gam is one of the larger villages in Chadoora tehsil, in the district of Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,596, made up of 2,957 males and 2,639 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 622 hectares hectares.

Chatar Gam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chatar Gam village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Badgam
Tehsil	Chadoora
Area (hectares)	622 hectares
Population	5,596
Male Population	2,957
Female Population	2,639
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	892
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chatar Gam compares

By the 2011 count Chatar Gam is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,597 residents. Its 622 hectares work out to about 9.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 924.

Getting to Chatar Gam

Chatar Gam is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chatar Gam 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chatar Gam from other places

Chatar Gam lies about 11 km from Badgam, and the nearest railway station is Srinagar Railway Station, about 4.2 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 Chatar Gam
Nearest railway station	Srinagar Railway Station	4.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chadoora	5.9 km
Nearest town	Pāmpur	8.2 km
District headquarters	Badgam	11 km

Villages closest to Chatar Gam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chatar Gam village had a population of 5,596. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,597 residents.

Chatar Gam village has 2,957 males and 2,639 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chatar Gam has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 924.

Chatar Gam covers 622 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Chatar Gam falls under Chadoora tehsil of Badgam district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Chatar Gam is Srinagar Railway Station, about 4.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Chatar Gam.

Chatar Gam is about 11 km from Badgam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chatar Gam is in Chadoora tehsil of Badgam district. Srinagar Railway Station is about 4.2 km away. Chadoora is about 5.9 km away. Pāmpur is about 8.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.