# Chak Majra Village, Bishnah, Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Bishnah, Jammu 

# Chak Majra

Chak Majra is a village in Bishnah sub-district of Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **181131**. The 2011 Census counted **429 people in 96 households**, the 72nd largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 429people (2011)
- 96households
- 83.9%literacy
- 181131PIN code

## Chak Majra PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Chak Majra is 181131.** Chak Majra falls in Bishnah sub-district, Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- PIN code181131
- Gram panchayatChack Marja
- Community development blockBishnah
- Census village code006237

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Chak Majra from nearby towns?

- Bishna (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Jammu (district HQ)28 km by road
- Jammu (nearest town)28 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Chak Majra?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Chak Majra; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Salchar
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bishneh
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jammu
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)17 h summer · 18 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Chak Majra known for?

The main crops are **wheat, paddy and maize**. Products made here include nil, nil, nil, nil and nil. About 97% of the 109 hectares of village land is sown, and 105 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Chak Majra

Of every 100 households in Chak Majra in 2011, 100 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 46 cooked with LPG; 89 had a mobile phone, 34 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Chak Majra · ■ Bishnah rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**97%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**76%

Tap water ****2%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****100%**

**85%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****46%**

**53%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****52%**

**44%

Use banking services ****94%**

**82%

Television ****93%**

**80%

Mobile phone ****89%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****34%**

**35%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**5%

None of these assets ****4%**

**8%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Chak Majra?

■ Chak Majra · ■ Bishnah rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.9%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1072**

**917

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****966**

**746

Working population ****22.1%**

**27.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.2% for men and 79.9% for women. 45% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 71 (75%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (5%) · **■** Other work 13 (14%) · **■** Marginal 6 (6%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Bishnah

- Kudwal488 people
- Mangal465 people
- Rakh Mangal464 people
- Kalwal433 people
- Chak Umra413 people
- Chak Ramdass406 people
- Sangli377 people
- Chak Mian Sahib Singh376 people

[All 116 villages in Bishnah](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/jammu/bishnah/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Chak Majra?181131
- How far is Chak Majra from Jammu?28 km by road
- What is the population of Chak Majra?429 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chak Majra in?Jammu district (Bishnah sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Chak Majra?83.9% (Census 2011)
