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About Chak Bhagwan Village

Chak Bhagwan is a mid sized village in Akhnoor tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,424, made up of 753 males and 671 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 503.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chak Bhagwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chak Bhagwan village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Jammu
Tehsil Akhnoor
Pincode 181202
Area (hectares) 503.8 hectares
Population 1,424
Male Population 753
Female Population 671
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 891
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chak Bhagwan compares

By the 2011 count Chak Bhagwan is the 47th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 503.8 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Chak Bhagwan

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

Chak Bhagwan lies about 22 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Bari Brahman, about 11 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 Chak Bhagwan
Nearest railway station Bari Brahman 11 km
Nearest town Jammu Cantonment 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Akhnoor 22 km
District headquarters Jammu 22 km

Villages closest to Chak Bhagwan

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.

Common questions about Chak Bhagwan

As per the Census of India 2011, Chak Bhagwan village had a population of 1,424. That makes it the 47th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Chak Bhagwan village has 753 males and 671 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chak Bhagwan has about 891 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 Chak Bhagwan is 181202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chak Bhagwan covers 503.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chak Bhagwan falls under Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Chak Bhagwan is Bari Brahman, about 11 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 Chak Bhagwan.

Chak Bhagwan is about 22 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chak Bhagwan is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Bari Brahman is about 11 km away. Jammu Cantonment is about 18 km away. Akhnoor is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhagwan Chak (under 2 km), Chak Bhawan (under 2 km) and Chak Kora (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Chak Bhagwan today is likely to be higher.

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