About Chewa Village

Chewa is a large village in Sonawari tehsil, in the district of Bandipore, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,278, made up of 1,688 males and 1,590 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 371.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193504, 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	Bandipore
Tehsil	Sonawari
Pincode	193504
Area (hectares)	371.9 hectares
Population	3,278
Male Population	1,688
Female Population	1,590
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	942
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 18th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,964 residents. Its 371.9 hectares work out to about 8.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 947.

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 38 km from Bandipore, 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	Sonawari	18 km
District headquarters	Bandipore	38 km

Villages closest to Chewa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sonawari 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 3,278. That makes it the 18th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,964 residents.

Chewa village has 1,688 males and 1,590 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chewa has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Chewa is 193504. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chewa covers 371.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Chewa falls under Sonawari tehsil of Bandipore 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 38 km from Bandipore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chewa is in Sonawari tehsil of Bandipore district. Naid Gaam Railway Station is about under 2 km away. Soyībug is about 4.7 km away. Sonawari is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.