About Chakorah Village

Chakorah is a mid sized village in Shopian tehsil, in the district of Shupiyan, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,276, made up of 636 males and 640 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 118.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 192303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chakorah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chakorah village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Shupiyan
Tehsil	Shopian
Pincode	192303
Area (hectares)	118.2 hectares
Population	1,276
Male Population	636
Female Population	640
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,006
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chakorah compares

By the 2011 count Chakorah is the 56th largest of the 222 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,101 residents. Its 118.2 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 978.

Getting to Chakorah

Chakorah is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chakorah as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Chakorah from other places

Chakorah lies about 16 km from Shupiyan, and the nearest railway station is Awantipura, about 8.5 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 Chakorah
Nearest town	Pulwama	4.0 km
Nearest railway station	Awantipura	8.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shopian	16 km
District headquarters	Shupiyan	16 km

Villages closest to Chakorah

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chakorah village had a population of 1,276. That makes it the 56th largest of the 222 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,101 residents.

Chakorah village has 636 males and 640 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chakorah has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 978.

The pincode recorded for Chakorah is 192303. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chakorah covers 118.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Chakorah falls under Shopian tehsil of Shupiyan district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Chakorah is Awantipura, about 8.5 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Chakorah.

Chakorah is about 16 km from Shupiyan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chakorah is in Shopian tehsil of Shupiyan district. Pulwama is about 4.0 km away. Awantipura is about 8.5 km away. Shopian is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.