# Chak Handa Village, Hiranagar, Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir)

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Village · Hiranagar, Kathua 

# Chak Handa

Chak Handa is a village in Hiranagar sub-district of Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir, PIN code **184148**. The 2011 Census counted **862 people in 158 households**, the 46th largest of 197 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.1%.

- 862people (2011)
- 158households
- 63.8%literacy
- 184148PIN code

## Chak Handa PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Chak Handa is 184148.** Chak Handa falls in Hiranagar sub-district, Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir.

- PIN code184148
- Gram panchayatChhan Laldin
- Community development blockBarnoti
- Census village code002149

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Chak Handa from nearby towns?

- Hiranagar (sub-district HQ)30 km by road
- Kathua (district HQ)45 km by road
- Hiranagar (nearest town)30 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Chak Handa?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Chak Handa; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Marheen
- ○Degree college10+ km · Hiranagar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Hiranagar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 18 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Chak Handa known for?

The main crops are **wheat, paddy and maize**. About 86% of the 210 hectares of village land is sown, and 112 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Chak Handa

Of every 100 households in Chak Handa in 2011, 90 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chak Handa · ■ Hiranagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**97%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**47%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**57%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**35%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**63%

Use banking services ****29%**

**87%

Television ****12%**

**70%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**76%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**27%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**4%

None of these assets ****60%**

**11%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Chak Handa?

■ Chak Handa · ■ Hiranagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.8%**

**79.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**901

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****643**

**765

Working population ****40.1%**

**29.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.3% for men and 55.4% for women. 56% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 62 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (3%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 139 (40%) · **■** Marginal 133 (38%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Hiranagar

- Dhalli910 people
- Dhandiyari885 people
- Gadiyal876 people
- Thath867 people
- Dhamaal859 people
- Bann846 people
- Chhan Moraan843 people
- Sherpur Bala836 people

[All 203 villages in Hiranagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/kathua/hiranagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Chak Handa?184148
- How far is Chak Handa from Kathua?45 km by road
- What is the population of Chak Handa?862 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chak Handa in?Kathua district (Hiranagar sub-district), Jammu and Kashmir
- What is the literacy rate of Chak Handa?63.8% (Census 2011)