About Chak Handa Village

Chak Handa is a mid sized village in Hiranagar tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 862, made up of 445 males and 417 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 937 females per 1000 males. The village covers 210 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184148, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chak Handa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chak Handa village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Hiranagar
Pincode	184148
Area (hectares)	210 hectares
Population	862
Male Population	445
Female Population	417
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	937
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chak Handa compares

By the 2011 count Chak Handa is the 46th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 210 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 904.

Getting to Chak Handa

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

Chak Handa 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 Handa
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 Handa

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 Handa

As per the Census of India 2011, Chak Handa village had a population of 862. That makes it the 46th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Chak Handa village has 445 males and 417 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chak Handa has about 937 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 904.

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

Chak Handa covers 210 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Chak Handa 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 Handa.

Chak Handa 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 Handa 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.