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About Khanpur Chingas Village

Khanpur Chingas is a mid sized village in Rajauri tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 643, made up of 319 males and 324 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 341.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanpur Chingas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanpur Chingas village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Rajouri
Tehsil Rajauri
Pincode 185151
Area (hectares) 341.2 hectares
Population 643
Male Population 319
Female Population 324
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,016
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khanpur Chingas compares

By the 2011 count Khanpur Chingas is the 82nd largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,352 residents. Its 341.2 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 920.

Getting to Khanpur Chingas

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

Khanpur Chingas lies about 20 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 64 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 Khanpur Chingas
Tehsil headquarters Rajauri 15 km
Nearest town Rajaori 15 km
District headquarters Rajouri 20 km
Nearest railway station Dugga 64 km

Villages closest to Khanpur Chingas

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Rajauri 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 Khanpur Chingas

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanpur Chingas village had a population of 643. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,352 residents.

Khanpur Chingas village has 319 males and 324 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanpur Chingas has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 920.

The pincode recorded for Khanpur Chingas is 185151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanpur Chingas covers 341.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khanpur Chingas falls under Rajauri tehsil of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Khanpur Chingas is Dugga, about 64 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Khanpur Chingas.

Khanpur Chingas is about 20 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanpur Chingas is in Rajauri tehsil of Rajouri district. Rajauri is about 15 km away. Rajaori is about 15 km away. Rajouri is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rani Badetar (2.7 km), Lur Kot (3.2 km) and Dhanwan Kot (3.9 km).

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

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