About Chak Shama Village

Chak Shama is a mid sized village in Hiranagar tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 579, made up of 306 males and 273 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 204 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chak Shama Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chak Shama village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Hiranagar
Pincode	184151
Area (hectares)	204 hectares
Population	579
Male Population	306
Female Population	273
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	892
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 Chak Shama compares

By the 2011 count Chak Shama is the 77th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 204 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 904.

Getting to Chak Shama

Chak Shama is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Chak Shama 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 Chak Shama from other places

Chak Shama lies about 16 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Chhan Arorian, about 11 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 Shama
Nearest railway station	Chhan Arorian	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hiranagar	12 km
District headquarters	Kathua	16 km

Villages closest to Chak Shama

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 Shama

As per the Census of India 2011, Chak Shama village had a population of 579. That makes it the 77th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Chak Shama village has 306 males and 273 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chak Shama has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 904.

The pincode recorded for Chak Shama is 184151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chak Shama covers 204 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Chak Shama is Chhan Arorian, about 11 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 Chak Shama.

Chak Shama 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 Shama is in Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district. Chhan Arorian is about 11 km away. Hiranagar is about 12 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.