About Chaklas Village

Chaklas is a mid sized village in Gool Gulabgarh tehsil, in the district of Reasi, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,817, made up of 960 males and 857 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1462.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chaklas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaklas village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Reasi
Tehsil	Gool Gulabgarh
Pincode	182313
Area (hectares)	1462.6 hectares
Population	1,817
Male Population	960
Female Population	857
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	893
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chaklas compares

By the 2011 count Chaklas is the 30th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,424 residents. Its 1462.6 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Chaklas

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

Chaklas lies about 24 km from Reasi, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 12 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 Chaklas
Nearest railway station	Dugga	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gool Gulabgarh	15 km
District headquarters	Reasi	24 km
Nearest town	Kulgam	41 km

Villages closest to Chaklas

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gool Gulabgarh 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 Chaklas

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaklas village had a population of 1,817. That makes it the 30th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,424 residents.

Chaklas village has 960 males and 857 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaklas has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Chaklas is 182313. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chaklas covers 1462.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chaklas falls under Gool Gulabgarh tehsil of Reasi district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Chaklas is Dugga, about 12 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 Chaklas.

Chaklas is about 24 km from Reasi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaklas is in Gool Gulabgarh tehsil of Reasi district. Dugga is about 12 km away. Gool Gulabgarh is about 15 km away. Reasi is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.