About Chana Village

Chana is a large village in Gool Gulabgarh tehsil, in the district of Reasi, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,884, made up of 2,536 males and 2,348 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1916.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182315, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chana village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Reasi
Tehsil	Gool Gulabgarh
Pincode	182315
Area (hectares)	1916.2 hectares
Population	4,884
Male Population	2,536
Female Population	2,348
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	926
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chana compares

By the 2011 count Chana is the 8th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,424 residents. Its 1916.2 hectares work out to about 2.5 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 919.

Getting to Chana

Chana is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chana as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Chana from other places

Chana lies about 29 km from Reasi, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 24 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 Chana
Tehsil headquarters	Gool Gulabgarh	9.5 km
Nearest railway station	Dugga	24 km
District headquarters	Reasi	29 km
Nearest town	Kulgam	41 km

Villages closest to Chana

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gool Gulabgarh 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 Chana

As per the Census of India 2011, Chana village had a population of 4,884. That makes it the 8th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,424 residents.

Chana village has 2,536 males and 2,348 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chana has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Chana is 182315. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chana covers 1916.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chana falls under Gool Gulabgarh tehsil of Reasi district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Chana is Dugga, about 24 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 village for Chana.

Chana is about 29 km from Reasi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chana is in Gool Gulabgarh tehsil of Reasi district. Gool Gulabgarh is about 9.5 km away. Dugga is about 24 km away. Reasi is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.