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About Chapaki Kalan Village

Chapaki Kalan is a mid sized village in Hiranagar tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 825, made up of 447 males and 378 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 846 females per 1000 males. The village covers 135 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chapaki Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chapaki Kalan village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Kathua
Tehsil Hiranagar
Pincode 184144
Area (hectares) 135 hectares
Population 825
Male Population 447
Female Population 378
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 846
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Chapaki Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Chapaki Kalan is the 51st largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 135 hectares work out to about 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 904.

Getting to Chapaki Kalan

The census records public bus service for Chapaki Kalan as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chapaki Kalan from other places

Chapaki Kalan lies about 22 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Chak Dayala, about 3.7 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 Chapaki Kalan
Nearest railway station Chak Dayala 3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Hiranagar 4.2 km
District headquarters Kathua 22 km

Villages closest to Chapaki Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Hiranagar 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 Chapaki Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Chapaki Kalan village had a population of 825. That makes it the 51st largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Chapaki Kalan village has 447 males and 378 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chapaki Kalan has about 846 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 904.

The pincode recorded for Chapaki Kalan is 184144. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chapaki Kalan covers 135 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Chapaki Kalan falls under Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Chapaki Kalan is Chak Dayala, about 3.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Chapaki Kalan.

Chapaki Kalan is about 22 km from Kathua in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chapaki Kalan is in Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district. Chak Dayala is about 3.7 km away. Hiranagar is about 4.2 km away. Kathua is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ladhwal Kalan (under 2 km), Chak Ganga Ram (under 2 km) and Gara (under 2 km).

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

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