About Charat Village

Charat is a mid sized village in Chenani tehsil, in the district of Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,826, made up of 957 males and 869 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. The village covers 898 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182141, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Charat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Charat village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Udhampur
Tehsil	Chenani
Pincode	182141
Area (hectares)	898 hectares
Population	1,826
Male Population	957
Female Population	869
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	908
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 Charat compares

By the 2011 count Charat is the 15th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,317 residents. Its 898 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Charat

Charat is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Charat 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 Charat from other places

Charat lies about 8.5 km from Chenani, and the nearest railway station is Udhampur, about 22 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 Charat
Tehsil headquarters	Chenani	8.5 km
Nearest town	Doda	22 km
Nearest railway station	Udhampur	22 km

Villages closest to Charat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Charat village had a population of 1,826. That makes it the 15th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,317 residents.

Charat village has 957 males and 869 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Charat has about 908 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 925.

The pincode recorded for Charat is 182141. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Charat covers 898 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Charat falls under Chenani tehsil of Udhampur district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Charat is Udhampur, about 22 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 Charat.

Charat is about 8.5 km from Chenani in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Charat is in Chenani tehsil of Udhampur district. Chenani is about 8.5 km away. Doda is about 22 km away. Udhampur is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.