About Chak Kahna Village

Chak Kahna is a small village in Hiranagar tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 353, made up of 182 males and 171 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 120 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184148, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chak Kahna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chak Kahna village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Hiranagar
Pincode	184148
Area (hectares)	120 hectares
Population	353
Male Population	182
Female Population	171
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	940
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chak Kahna compares

By the 2011 count Chak Kahna is the 112th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 120 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 904.

Getting to Chak Kahna

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

Chak Kahna lies about 34 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Chak Dayala, about 22 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 Kahna
Nearest railway station	Chak Dayala	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hiranagar	25 km
Nearest town	Sāmba	28 km
District headquarters	Kathua	34 km

Villages closest to Chak Kahna

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 Kahna

As per the Census of India 2011, Chak Kahna village had a population of 353. That makes it the 112th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Chak Kahna village has 182 males and 171 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chak Kahna has about 940 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 Chak Kahna is 184148. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chak Kahna covers 120 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Chak Kahna is Chak Dayala, about 22 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 Kahna.

Chak Kahna is about 34 km from Kathua in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chak Kahna is in Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district. Chak Dayala is about 22 km away. Hiranagar is about 25 km away. Sāmba is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.