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About Chak Rigu Village

Chak Rigu is a mid sized village in Kathua tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,024, made up of 543 males and 481 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chak Rigu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chak Rigu village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Kathua
Tehsil Kathua
Pincode 184102
Area (hectares) 77 hectares
Population 1,024
Male Population 543
Female Population 481
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 886
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Chak Rigu compares

By the 2011 count Chak Rigu is the 48th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 861 residents. Its 77 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 889.

Getting to Chak Rigu

Chak Rigu is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Chak Rigu as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Chak Rigu from other places

Chak Rigu lies about 11 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Jakolari, about 13 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 Rigu
Tehsil headquarters Kathua 11 km
Nearest railway station Jakolari 13 km

Villages closest to Chak Rigu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chak Rigu village had a population of 1,024. That makes it the 48th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 861 residents.

Chak Rigu village has 543 males and 481 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chak Rigu has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 889.

The pincode recorded for Chak Rigu is 184102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chak Rigu covers 77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Chak Rigu falls under Kathua tehsil of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Chak Rigu is Jakolari, about 13 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Chak Rigu.

Chak Rigu is about 11 km from Kathua in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chak Rigu is in Kathua tehsil of Kathua district. Kathua is about 11 km away. Jakolari is about 13 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 Devia (under 2 km), Tarf Bajwal (2.8 km) and Tarf Tajwal (2.8 km).

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

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