About Champal Village

Champal is a mid sized village in Gandoh tehsil, in the district of Doda, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,269, made up of 644 males and 625 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 970 females per 1000 males. The village covers 189 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Champal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Champal village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Doda
Tehsil	Gandoh
Pincode	182203
Area (hectares)	189 hectares
Population	1,269
Male Population	644
Female Population	625
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	970
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 Champal compares

By the 2011 count Champal is the 22nd largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,092 residents. Its 189 hectares work out to about 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Champal

Champal is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Champal 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 Champal from other places

Champal lies about 7.3 km from Doda, and the nearest railway station is Sumber, about 43 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 Champal
Tehsil headquarters	Gandoh	7.3 km
District headquarters	Doda	7.3 km
Nearest railway station	Sumber	43 km

Villages closest to Champal

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 Champal

As per the Census of India 2011, Champal village had a population of 1,269. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,092 residents.

Champal village has 644 males and 625 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Champal has about 970 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 970.

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

Champal covers 189 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Champal is Sumber, about 43 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 Champal.

Champal is about 7.3 km from Doda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Champal is in Gandoh tehsil of Doda district. Gandoh is about 7.3 km away. Doda is about 7.3 km away. Sumber is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.