About Chalog Village

Chalog is a mid sized village in Bani tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,900, made up of 970 males and 930 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 959 females per 1000 males. The village covers 792 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chalog Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chalog village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Bani
Pincode	184206
Area (hectares)	792 hectares
Population	1,900
Male Population	970
Female Population	930
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	959
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chalog compares

By the 2011 count Chalog is the 8th largest of the 33 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,394 residents. Its 792 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Chalog

Chalog is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chalog as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Chalog from other places

Chalog lies about 40 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, 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 Chalog
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	20 km
Nearest town	Chamba	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bani	22 km
District headquarters	Kathua	40 km

Villages closest to Chalog

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chalog village had a population of 1,900. That makes it the 8th largest of the 33 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,394 residents.

Chalog village has 970 males and 930 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chalog has about 959 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Chalog is 184206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chalog covers 792 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chalog falls under Bani tehsil of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Chalog is Nurpur Road, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Chalog.

Chalog is about 40 km from Kathua in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chalog is in Bani tehsil of Kathua district. Nurpur Road is about 20 km away. Chamba is about 21 km away. Bani is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.