About Karpal Pur Charkan Village

Karpal Pur Charkan is a mid sized village in Jammu tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 789, made up of 431 males and 358 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 831 females per 1000 males. The village covers 97.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 180003, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karpal Pur Charkan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karpal Pur Charkan village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Jammu
Pincode	180003
Area (hectares)	97.5 hectares
Population	789
Male Population	431
Female Population	358
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	831
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karpal Pur Charkan compares

By the 2011 count Karpal Pur Charkan is the 124th largest of the 304 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 918 residents. Its 97.5 hectares work out to about 8.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Karpal Pur Charkan

Karpal Pur Charkan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Karpal Pur Charkan as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Karpal Pur Charkan from other places

Karpal Pur Charkan lies about 6.8 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Jammu Tawi, about 7.5 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 Karpal Pur Charkan
Nearest town	Jammu Cantonment	5.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jammu	6.8 km
Nearest railway station	Jammu Tawi	7.5 km

Villages closest to Karpal Pur Charkan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jammu 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 Karpal Pur Charkan

As per the Census of India 2011, Karpal Pur Charkan village had a population of 789. That makes it the 124th largest of the 304 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 918 residents.

Karpal Pur Charkan village has 431 males and 358 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karpal Pur Charkan has about 831 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Karpal Pur Charkan is 180003. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karpal Pur Charkan covers 97.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Karpal Pur Charkan falls under Jammu tehsil of Jammu district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Karpal Pur Charkan is Jammu Tawi, about 7.5 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 10+ km distance for Karpal Pur Charkan.

Karpal Pur Charkan is about 6.8 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karpal Pur Charkan is in Jammu tehsil of Jammu district. Jammu Cantonment is about 5.7 km away. Jammu is about 6.8 km away. Jammu Tawi is about 7.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chak Lalushah (under 2 km), Chak Panotra (under 2 km) and Chak Sardar Attar Singh (under 2 km).

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