About Chagnu Village

Chagnu is a small village in Thathri tehsil, in the district of Doda, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 269, made up of 131 males and 138 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,053 females per 1000 males. The village covers 61.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chagnu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chagnu village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Doda
Tehsil	Thathri
Pincode	182201
Area (hectares)	61.5 hectares
Population	269
Male Population	131
Female Population	138
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,053
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chagnu compares

By the 2011 count Chagnu is the 68th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 652 residents. Its 61.5 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 960.

Getting to Chagnu

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

Chagnu lies about 17 km from Doda, and the nearest railway station is Udhampur, about 55 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 Chagnu
District headquarters	Doda	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Thathri	19 km
Nearest railway station	Udhampur	55 km

Villages closest to Chagnu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chagnu village had a population of 269. That makes it the 68th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 652 residents.

Chagnu village has 131 males and 138 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chagnu has about 1053 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 960.

The pincode recorded for Chagnu is 182201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chagnu covers 61.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chagnu falls under Thathri tehsil of Doda district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Chagnu is Udhampur, about 55 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 10+ km distance for Chagnu.

Chagnu is about 17 km from Doda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chagnu is in Thathri tehsil of Doda district. Doda is about 17 km away. Thathri is about 19 km away. Udhampur is about 55 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.