About Chahjar Village

Chahjar is a small village in Akhnoor tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 189, made up of 106 males and 83 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 783 females per 1000 males. The village covers 262.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chahjar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chahjar village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181201
Area (hectares)	262.6 hectares
Population	189
Male Population	106
Female Population	83
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	783
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chahjar compares

By the 2011 count Chahjar is the 187th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 262.6 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 947.

Getting to Chahjar

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

Chahjar lies about 28 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Jammu Tawi, about 32 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 Chahjar
Nearest town	Akhnūr	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	28 km
District headquarters	Jammu	28 km
Nearest railway station	Jammu Tawi	32 km

Villages closest to Chahjar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chahjar village had a population of 189. That makes it the 187th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Chahjar village has 106 males and 83 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chahjar has about 783 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Chahjar is 181201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chahjar covers 262.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chahjar falls under Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Chahjar is Jammu Tawi, about 32 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 village for Chahjar.

Chahjar is about 28 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chahjar is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Akhnūr is about 12 km away. Akhnoor is about 28 km away. Jammu is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.