About Chanipur Village

Chanipur is a mid sized village in Kalakote tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 774, made up of 403 males and 371 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 134 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chanipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chanipur village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Kalakote
Pincode	185202
Area (hectares)	134 hectares
Population	774
Male Population	403
Female Population	371
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	921
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chanipur compares

By the 2011 count Chanipur is the 29th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents. Its 134 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Chanipur

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

Chanipur lies about 18 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 49 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 Chanipur
Tehsil headquarters	Kalakote	under 2 km
District headquarters	Rajouri	18 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	21 km
Nearest railway station	Dugga	49 km

Villages closest to Chanipur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chanipur village had a population of 774. That makes it the 29th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents.

Chanipur village has 403 males and 371 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chanipur has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Chanipur is 185202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chanipur covers 134 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chanipur falls under Kalakote tehsil of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Chanipur is Dugga, about 49 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 Chanipur.

Chanipur is about 18 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chanipur is in Kalakote tehsil of Rajouri district. Kalakote is about under 2 km away. Rajouri is about 18 km away. Rajaori is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.