About Chak Shiba Village

Chak Shiba is a small village in Hiranagar tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 454, made up of 247 males and 207 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 838 females per 1000 males. The village covers 30 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184147, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chak Shiba Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chak Shiba village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Hiranagar
Pincode	184147
Area (hectares)	30 hectares
Population	454
Male Population	247
Female Population	207
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	838
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Chak Shiba compares

By the 2011 count Chak Shiba is the 96th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 30 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 904.

Getting to Chak Shiba

Chak Shiba is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chak Shiba as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chak Shiba from other places

Chak Shiba lies about 16 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Chhan Arorian, about 7.1 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 Shiba
Nearest railway station	Chhan Arorian	7.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hiranagar	10 km
District headquarters	Kathua	16 km

Villages closest to Chak Shiba

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 Shiba

As per the Census of India 2011, Chak Shiba village had a population of 454. That makes it the 96th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Chak Shiba village has 247 males and 207 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chak Shiba has about 838 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 Shiba is 184147. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chak Shiba covers 30 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Chak Shiba is Chhan Arorian, about 7.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Chak Shiba.

Chak Shiba is about 16 km from Kathua in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chak Shiba is in Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district. Chhan Arorian is about 7.1 km away. Hiranagar is about 10 km away. Kathua is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.