About Chovki Handan Village

Chovki Handan is a large village in Nowshehra tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,129, made up of 2,151 males and 1,978 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1612.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chovki Handan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chovki Handan village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Nowshehra
Pincode	185155
Area (hectares)	1612.7 hectares
Population	4,129
Male Population	2,151
Female Population	1,978
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	920
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chovki Handan compares

By the 2011 count Chovki Handan is the 4th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents. Its 1612.7 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Chovki Handan

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

Chovki Handan lies about 32 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 72 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 Chovki Handan
Tehsil headquarters	Nowshehra	6.7 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	26 km
District headquarters	Rajouri	32 km
Nearest railway station	Dugga	72 km

Villages closest to Chovki Handan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nowshehra 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 Chovki Handan

As per the Census of India 2011, Chovki Handan village had a population of 4,129. That makes it the 4th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents.

Chovki Handan village has 2,151 males and 1,978 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chovki Handan has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 926.

The pincode recorded for Chovki Handan is 185155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chovki Handan covers 1612.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chovki Handan falls under Nowshehra tehsil of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Chovki Handan is Dugga, about 72 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 Chovki Handan.

Chovki Handan is about 32 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chovki Handan is in Nowshehra tehsil of Rajouri district. Nowshehra is about 6.7 km away. Rajaori is about 26 km away. Rajouri is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.