About Chegsu Village

Chegsu is a mid sized village in Thathri tehsil, in the district of Doda, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 647, made up of 315 males and 332 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,054 females per 1000 males. The village covers 171.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chegsu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chegsu village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Doda
Tehsil	Thathri
Pincode	182203
Area (hectares)	171.2 hectares
Population	647
Male Population	315
Female Population	332
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,054
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chegsu compares

By the 2011 count Chegsu is the 32nd largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 652 residents. Its 171.2 hectares work out to about 3.8 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 Chegsu

Chegsu is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Chegsu as Available within 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 Chegsu from other places

Chegsu lies about 12 km from Doda, and the nearest railway station is Udhampur, about 53 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 Chegsu
District headquarters	Doda	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Thathri	14 km
Nearest railway station	Udhampur	53 km

Villages closest to Chegsu

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 Chegsu

As per the Census of India 2011, Chegsu village had a population of 647. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 652 residents.

Chegsu village has 315 males and 332 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chegsu has about 1054 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 960.

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

Chegsu covers 171.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Chegsu is Udhampur, about 53 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Chegsu.

Chegsu is about 12 km from Doda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chegsu is in Thathri tehsil of Doda district. Doda is about 12 km away. Thathri is about 14 km away. Udhampur is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.