About Chakra Village

Chakra is a small village in Uri tehsil, in the district of Baramula, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 267, made up of 154 males and 113 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 734 females per 1000 males. The village covers 104 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chakra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chakra village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Baramula
Tehsil	Uri
Pincode	193123
Area (hectares)	104 hectares
Population	267
Male Population	154
Female Population	113
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	734
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chakra compares

By the 2011 count Chakra is the 38th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,598 residents. Its 104 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 907.

Getting to Chakra

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

Chakra lies about 39 km from Baramula. 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 Chakra
Tehsil headquarters	Uri	8.5 km
District headquarters	Baramula	39 km
Nearest town	Bāramūla	39 km

Villages closest to Chakra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chakra village had a population of 267. That makes it the 38th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,598 residents.

Chakra village has 154 males and 113 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chakra has about 734 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 907.

The pincode recorded for Chakra is 193123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chakra covers 104 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chakra falls under Uri tehsil of Baramula district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The census record for Chakra notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Chakra.

Chakra is about 39 km from Baramula in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chakra is in Uri tehsil of Baramula district. Uri is about 8.5 km away. Baramula is about 39 km away. Bāramūla is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.