About Chanunta Village

Chanunta is a large village in Ramnagar tehsil, in the district of Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,752, made up of 1,421 males and 1,331 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 937 females per 1000 males. The village covers 708.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182124, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chanunta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chanunta village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Udhampur
Tehsil	Ramnagar
Pincode	182124
Area (hectares)	708.6 hectares
Population	2,752
Male Population	1,421
Female Population	1,331
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	937
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chanunta compares

By the 2011 count Chanunta is the 14th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,826 residents. Its 708.6 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 922.

Getting to Chanunta

Chanunta is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chanunta as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded 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 Chanunta from other places

Chanunta lies about 42 km from Udhampur, and the nearest railway station is Samba, about 4.8 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 Chanunta
Nearest town	Sāmba	4.6 km
Nearest railway station	Samba	4.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ramnagar	32 km
District headquarters	Udhampur	42 km

Villages closest to Chanunta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chanunta village had a population of 2,752. That makes it the 14th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,826 residents.

Chanunta village has 1,421 males and 1,331 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chanunta has about 937 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 922.

The pincode recorded for Chanunta is 182124. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chanunta covers 708.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chanunta falls under Ramnagar tehsil of Udhampur district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Chanunta is Samba, about 4.8 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 village for Chanunta.

Chanunta is about 42 km from Udhampur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chanunta is in Ramnagar tehsil of Udhampur district. Sāmba is about 4.6 km away. Samba is about 4.8 km away. Ramnagar is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.