About Chigial Village

Chigial is a small village in Akhnoor tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 340, made up of 167 males and 173 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,036 females per 1000 males. The village covers 456.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185154, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chigial Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chigial village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	185154
Area (hectares)	456.1 hectares
Population	340
Male Population	167
Female Population	173
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,036
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chigial compares

By the 2011 count Chigial is the 165th 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 456.1 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Chigial

Chigial is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chigial as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Chaprial, Chariae, Chhani Diwanan and Chhani Thana. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Chigial

As per the Census of India 2011, Chigial village had a population of 340. That makes it the 165th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Chigial village has 167 males and 173 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chigial has about 1036 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Chigial is 185154. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chigial covers 456.1 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.

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

The census record for Chigial notes the nearest railway station 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 5 - 10 km distance for Chigial.

Chigial is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.