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About Rattan Chak Village

Rattan 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 100, made up of 58 males and 42 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 724 females per 1000 males. The village covers 69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184148, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rattan Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rattan Chak village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Kathua
Tehsil Hiranagar
Pincode 184148
Area (hectares) 69 hectares
Population 100
Male Population 58
Female Population 42
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 724
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Rattan Chak compares

By the 2011 count Rattan Chak is the 174th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 69 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 904.

Getting to Rattan Chak

Rattan Chak is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Rattan Chak 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Rattan Chak from other places

Rattan Chak lies about 25 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Chak Dayala, about 5.5 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 Rattan Chak
Tehsil headquarters Hiranagar 1.9 km
Nearest railway station Chak Dayala 5.5 km
Nearest town Sāmba 20 km
District headquarters Kathua 25 km

Villages closest to Rattan 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.

Common questions about Rattan Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Rattan Chak village had a population of 100. That makes it the 174th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Rattan Chak village has 58 males and 42 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rattan Chak has about 724 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 904.

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

Rattan Chak covers 69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Rattan Chak is Chak Dayala, about 5.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Rattan Chak is about 25 km from Kathua in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rattan Chak is in Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district. Hiranagar is about 1.9 km away. Chak Dayala is about 5.5 km away. Sāmba is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hiranagar (1.9 km), Rakh Sarkar Hiranagar (1.9 km) and Murli Chak (2.1 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Rattan Chak today is likely to be higher.

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