About Chak Changa Village

Chak Changa is a small village in Hiranagar tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 196, made up of 96 males and 100 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,042 females per 1000 males. The village covers 250 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184148, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chak Changa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chak Changa village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Hiranagar
Pincode	184148
Area (hectares)	250 hectares
Population	196
Male Population	96
Female Population	100
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,042
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chak Changa compares

By the 2011 count Chak Changa is the 160th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 250 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 904.

Getting to Chak Changa

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

Chak Changa lies about 39 km from Kathua, 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 Chak Changa
Nearest town	Sāmba	4.6 km
Nearest railway station	Samba	4.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hiranagar	14 km
District headquarters	Kathua	39 km

Villages closest to Chak Changa

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Chak Changa

As per the Census of India 2011, Chak Changa village had a population of 196. That makes it the 160th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Chak Changa village has 96 males and 100 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chak Changa has about 1042 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 904.

The pincode recorded for Chak Changa is 184148. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chak Changa covers 250 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chak Changa falls under Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Chak Changa 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Chak Changa.

Chak Changa is about 39 km from Kathua in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chak Changa is in Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district. Sāmba is about 4.6 km away. Samba is about 4.8 km away. Hiranagar is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.