About Chak Murar Village

Chak Murar is a large village in Bishnah tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,042, made up of 1,065 males and 977 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 270.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181132, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chak Murar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chak Murar village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Bishnah
Pincode	181132
Area (hectares)	270.7 hectares
Population	2,042
Male Population	1,065
Female Population	977
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	917
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chak Murar compares

By the 2011 count Chak Murar is the 7th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 909 residents. Its 270.7 hectares work out to about 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Chak Murar

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

Chak Murar lies about 20 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Bari Brahman, about 8.9 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 Murar
Tehsil headquarters	Bishnah	7.0 km
Nearest railway station	Bari Brahman	8.9 km
Nearest town	Jammu Cantonment	16 km
District headquarters	Jammu	20 km

Villages closest to Chak Murar

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 Murar

As per the Census of India 2011, Chak Murar village had a population of 2,042. That makes it the 7th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 909 residents.

Chak Murar village has 1,065 males and 977 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chak Murar has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 921.

The pincode recorded for Chak Murar is 181132. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chak Murar covers 270.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Chak Murar is Bari Brahman, about 8.9 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 Murar.

Chak Murar is about 20 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chak Murar is in Bishnah tehsil of Jammu district. Bishnah is about 7.0 km away. Bari Brahman is about 8.9 km away. Jammu Cantonment is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.