About Mast Chak Village

Mast 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 245, made up of 119 males and 126 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,059 females per 1000 males. The village covers 73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184148, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mast Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mast Chak village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Hiranagar
Pincode	184148
Area (hectares)	73 hectares
Population	245
Male Population	119
Female Population	126
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,059
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Mast Chak compares

By the 2011 count Mast Chak is the 147th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 73 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 904.

Getting to Mast Chak

Mast Chak is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Mast Chak as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Mast Chak from other places

Mast Chak lies about 21 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Chhan Arorian, about 7.3 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 Mast Chak
Tehsil headquarters	Hiranagar	6.1 km
Nearest railway station	Chhan Arorian	7.3 km
District headquarters	Kathua	21 km

Villages closest to Mast 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 Mast Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Mast Chak village had a population of 245. That makes it the 147th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Mast Chak village has 119 males and 126 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mast Chak has about 1059 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 904.

The pincode recorded for Mast Chak is 184148. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mast Chak covers 73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Mast Chak is Chhan Arorian, about 7.3 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Mast Chak.

Mast Chak is about 21 km from Kathua in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mast Chak is in Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district. Hiranagar is about 6.1 km away. Chhan Arorian is about 7.3 km away. Kathua is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.