About Chansar Village

Chansar is a small village in Gandoh tehsil, in the district of Doda, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 322, made up of 173 males and 149 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 861 females per 1000 males. The village covers 242.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chansar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chansar village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Doda
Tehsil	Gandoh
Pincode	182203
Area (hectares)	242.4 hectares
Population	322
Male Population	173
Female Population	149
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	861
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chansar compares

By the 2011 count Chansar is the 58th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,092 residents. Its 242.4 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Chansar

Chansar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chansar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Chansar from other places

Chansar lies about 14 km from Doda, and the nearest railway station is Udhampur, about 36 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 Chansar
Tehsil headquarters	Gandoh	14 km
District headquarters	Doda	14 km
Nearest railway station	Udhampur	36 km

Villages closest to Chansar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chansar village had a population of 322. That makes it the 58th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,092 residents.

Chansar village has 173 males and 149 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chansar has about 861 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Chansar is 182203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chansar covers 242.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chansar falls under Gandoh tehsil of Doda district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Chansar is Udhampur, about 36 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 5 - 10 km distance for Chansar.

Chansar is about 14 km from Doda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chansar is in Gandoh tehsil of Doda district. Gandoh is about 14 km away. Doda is about 14 km away. Udhampur is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.