About Chak Sukhu Village

Chak Sukhu is a small village in Hiranagar tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 345, made up of 184 males and 161 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 143 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184142, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chak Sukhu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chak Sukhu village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Hiranagar
Pincode	184142
Area (hectares)	143 hectares
Population	345
Male Population	184
Female Population	161
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	875
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chak Sukhu compares

By the 2011 count Chak Sukhu is the 116th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 143 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 904.

Getting to Chak Sukhu

Chak Sukhu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chak Sukhu 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chak Sukhu from other places

Chak Sukhu 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 Sukhu
Nearest railway station	Chhan Arorian	7.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hiranagar	10 km
District headquarters	Kathua	16 km

Villages closest to Chak Sukhu

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 Sukhu

As per the Census of India 2011, Chak Sukhu village had a population of 345. That makes it the 116th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Chak Sukhu village has 184 males and 161 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chak Sukhu has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 904.

The pincode recorded for Chak Sukhu is 184142. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chak Sukhu covers 143 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Chak Sukhu is Chhan Arorian, about 7.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Chak Sukhu.

Chak Sukhu 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 Sukhu 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.