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About Pindi Charkan Khurd Village

Pindi Charkan Khurd is a small village in Bishnah tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 338, made up of 163 males and 175 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,074 females per 1000 males. The village covers 172.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181131, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pindi Charkan Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pindi Charkan Khurd village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Jammu
Tehsil Bishnah
Pincode 181131
Area (hectares) 172.4 hectares
Population 338
Male Population 163
Female Population 175
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,074
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Pindi Charkan Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Pindi Charkan Khurd is the 79th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 909 residents. Its 172.4 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 921.

Getting to Pindi Charkan Khurd

Pindi Charkan Khurd is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Pindi Charkan Khurd as Available within village. 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 Pindi Charkan Khurd from other places

Pindi Charkan Khurd lies about 27 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Bari Brahman, about 19 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 Pindi Charkan Khurd
Tehsil headquarters Bishnah 14 km
Nearest railway station Bari Brahman 19 km
Nearest town Jammu Cantonment 24 km
District headquarters Jammu 27 km

Villages closest to Pindi Charkan Khurd

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.

Common questions about Pindi Charkan Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Pindi Charkan Khurd village had a population of 338. That makes it the 79th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 909 residents.

Pindi Charkan Khurd village has 163 males and 175 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pindi Charkan Khurd has about 1074 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 921.

The pincode recorded for Pindi Charkan Khurd is 181131. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pindi Charkan Khurd covers 172.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pindi Charkan Khurd falls under Bishnah tehsil of Jammu district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Pindi Charkan Khurd is Bari Brahman, about 19 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Pindi Charkan Khurd.

Pindi Charkan Khurd 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.

Pindi Charkan Khurd is in Bishnah tehsil of Jammu district. Bishnah is about 14 km away. Bari Brahman is about 19 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.

The closest recorded villages are Rakh Mangal (1.6 km), Kotha (2.1 km) and Kothay Sainia (2.1 km).

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

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