About Chak Goriyan Village

Chak Goriyan is a mid sized village in Bishnah tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 642, made up of 324 males and 318 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 981 females per 1000 males. The village covers 70.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181131, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chak Goriyan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chak Goriyan village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Bishnah
Pincode	181131
Area (hectares)	70.8 hectares
Population	642
Male Population	324
Female Population	318
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	981
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chak Goriyan compares

By the 2011 count Chak Goriyan is the 55th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 909 residents. Its 70.8 hectares work out to about 9.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Chak Goriyan

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

Chak Goriyan lies about 27 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Bari Brahman, about 20 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 Goriyan
Tehsil headquarters	Bishnah	14 km
Nearest railway station	Bari Brahman	20 km
Nearest town	Jammu Cantonment	24 km
District headquarters	Jammu	27 km

Villages closest to Chak Goriyan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chak Goriyan village had a population of 642. That makes it the 55th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 909 residents.

Chak Goriyan village has 324 males and 318 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chak Goriyan has about 981 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 921.

The pincode recorded for Chak Goriyan is 181131. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chak Goriyan covers 70.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Chak Goriyan falls under Bishnah tehsil of Jammu district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Chak Goriyan is Bari Brahman, about 20 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 Goriyan.

Chak Goriyan is about 27 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chak Goriyan is in Bishnah tehsil of Jammu district. Bishnah is about 14 km away. Bari Brahman is about 20 km away. Jammu Cantonment is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.