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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Chowgam is a village in Devsar mandal, Kulgam district, Jammu and Kashmir, with a population of 4,247 across 729 households and a literacy rate of 54.4%.
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- LGD code
- 4003
- Pincode
- 192231
- Post office
- Kulgam
- Population
- 4,247
- Households
- 729
- Literacy rate
- 54.4%
- Sex ratio
- 970 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,038
- Distance to district centre
- 19 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 25 km
- Distance to Srinagar
- 42 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 610 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bijbiara · 25 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. Naseer's Unani and Panchkarma Hospital · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chowgam compares
By population, Chowgam ranks #3 of 41 villages in Devsar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
54.4%
+3.8% vs mandal average
- Chowgam
- 54.4%
- Devsar mandal
- 50.6%
- Kulgam district
- 49.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
970
+28 vs mandal average
- Chowgam
- 970
- Devsar mandal
- 942
Household size
people per home
5.8
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Chowgam
- 5.8
- Devsar mandal
- 6.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chowgam at a glance
Chowgam is a village of 4,247 people in 729 households (Census 2011) in Devsar tehsil, Kulgam district, Jammu And Kashmir, the 3rd-largest of 41 villages in Devsar tehsil. Literacy is 54%, 4 points above the tehsil average of 51% and the sex ratio is 970 women per 1,000 men. It lies 19 km from the Kulgam district centre, 28 km from Marhama, the nearest town, 25 km from Bijbiara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 192231, served by Kulgam post office; the LGD village code is 4003. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. Naseer's Unani and Panchkarma Hospital, 2 km away. The village votes in Kulgam assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mohamad Yousuf Tarigami. The population is estimated at 4,975 in 2026, up 17% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Chowgam
- LGD code
- 4003
- Pincode
- 192231
- Post office
- Kulgam
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,247
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,975
- Households
- 729
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 970
- Literacy rate
- 54.4%
- Coordinates
- 33.70375°N, 74.82080°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Anantnag-Rajouri
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kulgam
- Member of Parliament
- Mian Altaf Ahmed Larvi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Mohamad Yousuf Tarigami
- Block / Mandal
- Devsar
Getting there
How to reach Chowgam
Distance to cities · straight line
- Srinagar42 kmcapital
- Delhi610 km
- Mumbai1638 km
- Kolkata1812 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBijbiara25 km
- Bus stoppayer21 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. Naseer's Unani and Panchkarma Hospital2 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India2 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil13 km
- CollegeNoorani Paramedical College, Dangerpora Pulwama21 km
- Police stationPolice Station Shopian2 km
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Other villages named Chowgam
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Villages near Chowgam
Other villages in Devsar mandal
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- Kraloo
- Chandiyan Pajan
- Razloo
- Yarhole Babapora
- Now Pora
- Khar Gund
- Beri Gam
- Oriel
- Gund Tankipora
- Kanchloo
- Hablishi
- Manigam
- Baihama
- Agroo
- Pal Pora
- Pach Gam
- Batengoo
- Nowgam Devsar
- Nawa
- Banghall
- Zeipora
- Now Bugh
- Kadoora
- Chitergam
- Gundi Pora
- Chak Wazoo
- Hanji Pora
- Thathoo
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)