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About Chatru Gam Village

Chatru Gam is a mid sized village in Tral tehsil, in the district of Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,059, made up of 569 males and 490 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 861 females per 1000 males. The village covers 324.2 hectares hectares.

Chatru Gam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chatru Gam village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Pulwama
Tehsil Tral
Area (hectares) 324.2 hectares
Population 1,059
Male Population 569
Female Population 490
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 861
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chatru Gam compares

By the 2011 count Chatru Gam is the 41st largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,399 residents. Its 324.2 hectares work out to about 3.3 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 962.

Getting to Chatru Gam

Chatru Gam is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Chatru Gam 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chatru Gam from other places

Chatru Gam lies about 22 km from Pulwama, and the nearest railway station is Awantipura, about 14 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 Chatru Gam
Tehsil headquarters Tral 2.9 km
Nearest railway station Awantipura 14 km
Nearest town Bijbehara 18 km
District headquarters Pulwama 22 km

Villages closest to Chatru Gam

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tral 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 Chatru Gam

As per the Census of India 2011, Chatru Gam village had a population of 1,059. That makes it the 41st largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,399 residents.

Chatru Gam village has 569 males and 490 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chatru Gam has about 861 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Chatru Gam covers 324.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chatru Gam falls under Tral tehsil of Pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Chatru Gam is Awantipura, about 14 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Chatru Gam.

Chatru Gam is about 22 km from Pulwama in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chatru Gam is in Tral tehsil of Pulwama district. Tral is about 2.9 km away. Awantipura is about 14 km away. Bijbehara is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gulab Bagh (2.1 km), Gamraj (2.6 km) and Bat Gund (2.9 km).

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

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