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About Chanori Village

Chanori is a small village in Samba tehsil, in the district of Samba, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 268, made up of 132 males and 136 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. The village covers 175.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chanori Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chanori village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Samba
Tehsil Samba
Pincode 184121
Area (hectares) 175.2 hectares
Population 268
Male Population 132
Female Population 136
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,030
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chanori compares

By the 2011 count Chanori is the 248th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 773 residents. Its 175.2 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 Chanori

Chanori is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chanori as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chanori from other places

Chanori lies about 4.6 km from Samba. 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 Chanori
Tehsil headquarters Samba 4.6 km
Nearest town Sāmba 4.6 km

Villages closest to Chanori

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.

Common questions about Chanori

As per the Census of India 2011, Chanori village had a population of 268. That makes it the 248th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 773 residents.

Chanori village has 132 males and 136 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chanori has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Chanori is 184121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chanori covers 175.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Chanori notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Chanori.

Chanori is about 4.6 km from Samba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chanori is in Samba tehsil of Samba district. Samba is about 4.6 km away. Sāmba is about 4.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhangdor (under 2 km), Chak Jhanda Singh (under 2 km) and Chak Mahanga Gojar (under 2 km).

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

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