About Chanera Village

Chanera is a mid sized village in Billawar tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,284, made up of 697 males and 587 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 842 females per 1000 males. The village covers 558 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chanera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chanera village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Billawar
Pincode	184204
Area (hectares)	558 hectares
Population	1,284
Male Population	697
Female Population	587
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	842
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 Chanera compares

By the 2011 count Chanera is the 54th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,245 residents. Its 558 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Chanera

Chanera is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Chanera 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 Chanera from other places

Chanera lies about 9.0 km from Billawar, and the nearest railway station is Kathua, about 21 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 Chanera
Tehsil headquarters	Billawar	9.0 km
Nearest railway station	Kathua	21 km

Villages closest to Chanera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chanera village had a population of 1,284. That makes it the 54th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,245 residents.

Chanera village has 697 males and 587 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chanera has about 842 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 894.

The pincode recorded for Chanera is 184204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chanera covers 558 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chanera falls under Billawar tehsil of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Chanera is Kathua, about 21 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 Chanera.

Chanera is about 9.0 km from Billawar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chanera is in Billawar tehsil of Kathua district. Billawar is about 9.0 km away. Kathua is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.