About Chak Raja Village

Chak Raja 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 963, made up of 517 males and 446 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 863 females per 1000 males. The village covers 348.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chak Raja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chak Raja village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181201
Area (hectares)	348.8 hectares
Population	963
Male Population	517
Female Population	446
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	863
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chak Raja compares

By the 2011 count Chak Raja is the 83rd largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 348.8 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 Raja

Chak Raja is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chak Raja as Available within 5 - 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 Raja from other places

Chak Raja 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 Raja
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 Raja

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 Chak Raja

As per the Census of India 2011, Chak Raja village had a population of 963. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Chak Raja village has 517 males and 446 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chak Raja has about 863 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 Raja is 181201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chak Raja covers 348.8 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 Raja falls under Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Chak Raja 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Chak Raja.

Chak Raja 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 Raja 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.