About Chachwal Village

Chachwal is a mid sized village in Samba tehsil, in the district of Samba, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 674, made up of 333 males and 341 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 503 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chachwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chachwal village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Samba
Tehsil	Samba
Pincode	184145
Area (hectares)	503 hectares
Population	674
Male Population	333
Female Population	341
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,024
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chachwal compares

By the 2011 count Chachwal is the 130th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 773 residents. Its 503 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 947.

Getting to Chachwal

Chachwal is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Chachwal as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Chachwal from other places

Chachwal lies about 24 km from Samba, and the nearest railway station is Chak Dayala, about 20 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 Chachwal
Nearest railway station	Chak Dayala	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Samba	24 km
Nearest town	Sāmba	24 km

Villages closest to Chachwal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chachwal village had a population of 674. That makes it the 130th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 773 residents.

Chachwal village has 333 males and 341 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chachwal has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Chachwal is 184145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chachwal covers 503 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chachwal falls under Samba tehsil of Samba district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Chachwal is Chak Dayala, about 20 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 10+ km distance for Chachwal.

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

Chachwal is in Samba tehsil of Samba district. Chak Dayala is about 20 km away. Samba is about 24 km away. Sāmba is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.