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About Mool Chetar Village

Mool Chetar is a large village in Chhatroo tehsil, in the district of Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,121, made up of 1,622 males and 1,499 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 924 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1214.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mool Chetar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mool Chetar village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Kishtwar
Tehsil Chhatroo
Pincode 182205
Area (hectares) 1214.9 hectares
Population 3,121
Male Population 1,622
Female Population 1,499
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 924
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 Mool Chetar compares

By the 2011 count Mool Chetar is the 6th largest of the 14 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 3,149 residents. Its 1214.9 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Mool Chetar

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

Mool Chetar lies about 24 km from Kishtwar, and the nearest railway station is Banihal, about 33 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 Mool Chetar
Tehsil headquarters Chhatroo 24 km
District headquarters Kishtwar 24 km
Nearest town Kishtwār 24 km
Nearest railway station Banihal 33 km

Villages closest to Mool Chetar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chhatroo 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 Mool Chetar

As per the Census of India 2011, Mool Chetar village had a population of 3,121. That makes it the 6th largest of the 14 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,149 residents.

Mool Chetar village has 1,622 males and 1,499 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mool Chetar has about 924 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Mool Chetar is 182205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mool Chetar covers 1214.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Mool Chetar falls under Chhatroo tehsil of Kishtwar district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Mool Chetar is Banihal, about 33 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 Mool Chetar.

Mool Chetar is about 24 km from Kishtwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mool Chetar is in Chhatroo tehsil of Kishtwar district. Chhatroo is about 24 km away. Kishtwar is about 24 km away. Kishtwār is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kuchal (7.4 km), Dhar (26 km) and Haorna (27 km).

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

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