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About Chak Baja Village

Chak Baja is a mid sized village in Ranbir Singh Pora tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 794, made up of 416 males and 378 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 141.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chak Baja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chak Baja village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Jammu
Tehsil Ranbir Singh Pora
Pincode 181111
Area (hectares) 141.2 hectares
Population 794
Male Population 416
Female Population 378
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 909
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chak Baja compares

By the 2011 count Chak Baja is the 69th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,040 residents. Its 141.2 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 930.

Getting to Chak Baja

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

Chak Baja lies about 21 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Bari Brahman, about 15 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 Baja
Nearest railway station Bari Brahman 15 km
Nearest town Jammu Cantonment 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Ranbir Singh Pora 21 km
District headquarters Jammu 21 km

Villages closest to Chak Baja

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ranbir Singh Pora 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 Chak Baja

As per the Census of India 2011, Chak Baja village had a population of 794. That makes it the 69th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,040 residents.

Chak Baja village has 416 males and 378 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chak Baja has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 930.

The pincode recorded for Chak Baja is 181111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chak Baja covers 141.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chak Baja falls under Ranbir Singh Pora tehsil of Jammu district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Chak Baja is Bari Brahman, about 15 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 Baja.

Chak Baja is about 21 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chak Baja is in Ranbir Singh Pora tehsil of Jammu district. Bari Brahman is about 15 km away. Jammu Cantonment is about 17 km away. Ranbir Singh Pora is about 21 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 Bala (under 2 km), Chak Preman (under 2 km) and Kotli Mafi (under 2 km).

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

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