Chersoo is a village located 4 km from Awantipora town in the Pulwama district of the Kashmir valley of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is situated on the banks of Jhelum river. The Srinagar-Jammu National Highway passes through the village.
| Chersoo | |
| Native Name Lang: | ur |
| Other Name: | Chodus |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Jammu and Kashmir#India |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| Coordinates: | 33.885°N 75.025°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name1: | Jammu & Kashmir |
| Subdivision Name2: | Pulwama |
| Subdivision Type3: | Tehsil |
| Subdivision Name3: | Awantipora |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation M: | 1580 |
| Population Total: | 3762 |
| Population As Of: | 2001 |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi, Dogri, English[1] [2] |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 192122 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Registration Plate: | JK 13 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Sex Ratio=1007 |
Charsoo Awantipora is a village situated 4 km from Awantipora town of Pulwama district of Kashmir valley. It is situated on the banks of river Jehlum. It is located on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway. Its proximity to River Jhelum (including its distributaries) makes it vulnerable to flooding. The devastating floods of 2014 submerged the village, thereby having a great impact on its economy.[3]
It has a population of 3762 souls. The number of literates are 1570. The number of households are 486. It has a sex ratio of 1007(approx.). The total number of workers are 1436.[4] 100% people living in this village are Muslims.
It has newly constructed Primary Health Center which provides basic health care facilities to people living in the village and its adjoining areas.
It has a government higher secondary institute at the central location of the village, two middle schools and three other primary schools in other parts. It has also a private school named "Ever Green English Medium Public High School" in its central location, near the higher secondary institute.
A good number of people are employed as teachers, engineers, doctors, etc. Paddy is the common agricultural product of the village but a large number of people are attached with Bat industries. The economy of the village mostly comes from the exports of lakhs of cricket bats to the outside states. The cricket bat industry faces severe losses over the years, however the recent Economic Development Policy by Lieutenant Governor lead UT government of Jammu & Kashmir boosted the business and added more to the economy of village.