About Chalasu Village

Chalasu is a small village in Kishtwar tehsil, in the district of Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 278, made up of 139 males and 139 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 274.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chalasu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chalasu village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kishtwar
Tehsil	Kishtwar
Pincode	182204
Area (hectares)	274.8 hectares
Population	278
Male Population	139
Female Population	139
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
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 Chalasu compares

By the 2011 count Chalasu is the 75th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,398 residents. Its 274.8 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Chalasu

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

Chalasu lies about 12 km from Kishtwar, and the nearest railway station is Banihal, about 66 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 Chalasu
Tehsil headquarters	Kishtwar	12 km
Nearest town	Kishtwār	12 km
Nearest railway station	Banihal	66 km

Villages closest to Chalasu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chalasu village had a population of 278. That makes it the 75th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,398 residents.

Chalasu village has 139 males and 139 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chalasu has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Chalasu is 182204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chalasu covers 274.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chalasu falls under Kishtwar tehsil of Kishtwar district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Chalasu is Banihal, about 66 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 Chalasu.

Chalasu is about 12 km from Kishtwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chalasu is in Kishtwar tehsil of Kishtwar district. Kishtwar is about 12 km away. Kishtwār is about 12 km away. Banihal is about 66 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.