About Chak Dhota Village

Chak Dhota is a small village in Hiranagar tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 337, made up of 181 males and 156 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 862 females per 1000 males. The village covers 102 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chak Dhota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chak Dhota village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Hiranagar
Pincode	184151
Area (hectares)	102 hectares
Population	337
Male Population	181
Female Population	156
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	862
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chak Dhota compares

By the 2011 count Chak Dhota is the 119th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 102 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 904.

Getting to Chak Dhota

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

Chak Dhota lies about 31 km from Hiranagar, and the nearest railway station is Kathua, about 6.0 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 Dhota
Nearest railway station	Kathua	6.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hiranagar	31 km

Villages closest to Chak Dhota

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.

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Common questions about Chak Dhota

As per the Census of India 2011, Chak Dhota village had a population of 337. That makes it the 119th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Chak Dhota village has 181 males and 156 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chak Dhota has about 862 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 904.

The pincode recorded for Chak Dhota is 184151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chak Dhota covers 102 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Chak Dhota is Kathua, about 6.0 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 Dhota.

Chak Dhota is about 31 km from Hiranagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chak Dhota is in Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district. Kathua is about 6.0 km away. Hiranagar is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.