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About Seral Chowa Village

Seral Chowa is a small village in Majalta tehsil, in the district of Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 432, made up of 225 males and 207 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 781.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Seral Chowa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Seral Chowa village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Udhampur
Tehsil Majalta
Pincode 182117
Area (hectares) 781.1 hectares
Population 432
Male Population 225
Female Population 207
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 920
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Seral Chowa compares

By the 2011 count Seral Chowa is the 36th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,135 residents. Its 781.1 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 885.

Getting to Seral Chowa

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

Seral Chowa lies about 26 km from Udhampur, and the nearest railway station is Manwal, 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 Seral Chowa
Nearest railway station Manwal 12 km
Nearest town Sāmba 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Majalta 26 km
District headquarters Udhampur 26 km

Villages closest to Seral Chowa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Majalta 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 Seral Chowa

As per the Census of India 2011, Seral Chowa village had a population of 432. That makes it the 36th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,135 residents.

Seral Chowa village has 225 males and 207 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Seral Chowa has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 885.

The pincode recorded for Seral Chowa is 182117. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Seral Chowa covers 781.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Seral Chowa falls under Majalta tehsil of Udhampur district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Seral Chowa is Manwal, 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 village and private bus service as not recorded for Seral Chowa.

Seral Chowa is about 26 km from Udhampur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Seral Chowa is in Majalta tehsil of Udhampur district. Manwal is about 12 km away. Sāmba is about 19 km away. Majalta is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shahpur (under 2 km), Kail (1.6 km) and Bapanir Garh (1.7 km).

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

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