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About Chak Rangi Village

Chak Rangi is a small village in Hiranagar tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 25, made up of 10 males and 15 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,500 females per 1000 males. The village covers 39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184148, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chak Rangi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chak Rangi village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Kathua
Tehsil Hiranagar
Pincode 184148
Area (hectares) 39 hectares
Population 25
Male Population 10
Female Population 15
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,500
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chak Rangi compares

By the 2011 count Chak Rangi is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 39 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 Rangi

Chak Rangi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chak Rangi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Rangi from other places

Chak Rangi lies about 48 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Manwal, about 13 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 Rangi
Nearest railway station Manwal 13 km
Nearest town Udhampur 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Hiranagar 32 km
District headquarters Kathua 48 km

Villages closest to Chak Rangi

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.

Common questions about Chak Rangi

As per the Census of India 2011, Chak Rangi village had a population of 25. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Chak Rangi village has 10 males and 15 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chak Rangi has about 1500 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 904.

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

Chak Rangi covers 39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Chak Rangi is Manwal, about 13 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Chak Rangi.

Chak Rangi is about 48 km from Kathua in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chak Rangi is in Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district. Manwal is about 13 km away. Udhampur is about 23 km away. Hiranagar is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bann (6.0 km), Mukund Pur (10 km) and Allu Chak (13 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Chak Rangi today is likely to be higher.

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