About Gangu Chak Village

Gangu Chak is a small village in Hiranagar tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 222, made up of 115 males and 107 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 117 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184148, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gangu Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangu Chak village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Hiranagar
Pincode	184148
Area (hectares)	117 hectares
Population	222
Male Population	115
Female Population	107
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	930
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gangu Chak compares

By the 2011 count Gangu Chak is the 153rd largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 117 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 904.

Getting to Gangu Chak

Gangu Chak is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gangu Chak 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gangu Chak from other places

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

Villages closest to Gangu Chak

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 Gangu Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangu Chak village had a population of 222. That makes it the 153rd largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Gangu Chak village has 115 males and 107 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangu Chak has about 930 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 Gangu Chak is 184148. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gangu Chak covers 117 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Gangu Chak is Chhan Arorian, about 7.1 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gangu Chak.

Gangu Chak 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.

Gangu Chak 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.