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About Cheer Kote Village

Cheer Kote is a mid sized village in Handwara tehsil, in the district of Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 676, made up of 337 males and 339 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 33.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Cheer Kote Overview

Census 2011 figures for Cheer Kote village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Kupwara
Tehsil Handwara
Pincode 193224
Area (hectares) 33.2 hectares
Population 676
Male Population 337
Female Population 339
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,006
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Cheer Kote compares

By the 2011 count Cheer Kote is the 137th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents. Its 33.2 hectares work out to about 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Cheer Kote

Cheer Kote is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Cheer Kote as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Cheer Kote from other places

Cheer Kote lies about 9.8 km from Kupwara, and the nearest railway station is Baramula, about 36 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 Cheer Kote
District headquarters Kupwara 9.8 km
Nearest town Kopawor 9.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Handwara 14 km
Nearest railway station Baramula 36 km

Villages closest to Cheer Kote

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Handwara 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 Cheer Kote

As per the Census of India 2011, Cheer Kote village had a population of 676. That makes it the 137th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents.

Cheer Kote village has 337 males and 339 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Cheer Kote has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Cheer Kote is 193224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Cheer Kote covers 33.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Cheer Kote falls under Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Cheer Kote is Baramula, about 36 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 village for Cheer Kote.

Cheer Kote is about 9.8 km from Kupwara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Cheer Kote is in Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district. Kupwara is about 9.8 km away. Kopawor is about 9.8 km away. Handwara is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pazi Pora (under 2 km), Gundi Momin (under 2 km) and Wilgam (1.9 km).

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

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