About Chak Prohtan Village

Chak Prohtan is a small village in Hiranagar tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 328, made up of 176 males and 152 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 864 females per 1000 males. The village covers 130 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184148, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chak Prohtan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chak Prohtan village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Hiranagar
Pincode	184148
Area (hectares)	130 hectares
Population	328
Male Population	176
Female Population	152
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	864
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chak Prohtan compares

By the 2011 count Chak Prohtan is the 123rd largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 130 hectares work out to about 2.5 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 Prohtan

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

Chak Prohtan lies about 26 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Hira Nagar, about 7.8 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 Prohtan
Tehsil headquarters	Hiranagar	4.3 km
Nearest railway station	Hira Nagar	7.8 km
Nearest town	Sāmba	21 km
District headquarters	Kathua	26 km

Villages closest to Chak Prohtan

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 Prohtan

As per the Census of India 2011, Chak Prohtan village had a population of 328. That makes it the 123rd largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Chak Prohtan village has 176 males and 152 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chak Prohtan has about 864 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 Prohtan is 184148. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chak Prohtan covers 130 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Chak Prohtan is Hira Nagar, about 7.8 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 Prohtan.

Chak Prohtan is about 26 km from Kathua in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chak Prohtan is in Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district. Hiranagar is about 4.3 km away. Hira Nagar is about 7.8 km away. Sāmba is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.