About Chak Rara Village

Chak Rara is a mid sized village in Mandi tehsil, in the district of Punch, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 730, made up of 361 males and 369 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 139 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chak Rara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chak Rara village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Punch
Tehsil	Mandi
Pincode	185102
Area (hectares)	139 hectares
Population	730
Male Population	361
Female Population	369
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,022
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chak Rara compares

By the 2011 count Chak Rara is the 32nd largest of the 37 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,107 residents. Its 139 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 913.

Getting to Chak Rara

Chak Rara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chak Rara 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 Chak Rara from other places

Chak Rara lies about 12 km from Punch, and the nearest railway station is Baramula, about 51 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 Rara
Tehsil headquarters	Mandi	3.1 km
District headquarters	Punch	12 km
Nearest town	Pūnch	12 km
Nearest railway station	Baramula	51 km

Villages closest to Chak Rara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mandi 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 Chak Rara

As per the Census of India 2011, Chak Rara village had a population of 730. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 37 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,107 residents.

Chak Rara village has 361 males and 369 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chak Rara has about 1022 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 913.

The pincode recorded for Chak Rara is 185102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chak Rara covers 139 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chak Rara falls under Mandi tehsil of Punch district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Chak Rara is Baramula, about 51 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 Chak Rara.

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

Chak Rara is in Mandi tehsil of Punch district. Mandi is about 3.1 km away. Punch is about 12 km away. Pūnch is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.