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About Chapaki Khurd Village

Chapaki Khurd 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 537, made up of 299 males and 238 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 796 females per 1000 males. The village covers 132 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chapaki Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chapaki Khurd village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Kathua
Tehsil Hiranagar
Pincode 184144
Area (hectares) 132 hectares
Population 537
Male Population 299
Female Population 238
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 796
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 Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Chapaki Khurd is the 84th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 132 hectares work out to about 4.1 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 904.

Getting to Chapaki Khurd

The census records public bus service for Chapaki Khurd 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 Khurd from other places

Chapaki Khurd lies about 22 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Chak Dayala, about 4.7 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 Khurd
Tehsil headquarters Hiranagar 4.1 km
Nearest railway station Chak Dayala 4.7 km
District headquarters Kathua 22 km

Villages closest to Chapaki Khurd

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 Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Chapaki Khurd village had a population of 537. That makes it the 84th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Chapaki Khurd village has 299 males and 238 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chapaki Khurd has about 796 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 Khurd is 184144. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chapaki Khurd covers 132 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Chapaki Khurd is Chak Dayala, about 4.7 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 Khurd.

Chapaki Khurd 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 Khurd is in Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district. Hiranagar is about 4.1 km away. Chak Dayala is about 4.7 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), Gadiyal (under 2 km) and Chapaki Kalan (under 2 km).

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

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