Hankha is a district (Amphoe

Amphoe

An amphoe is the second level administrative subdivision of Thailand. Usually translated as district, amphoe make up the provinces, and are analogous to a county seat...

) in the southwestern part of Chainat Province

Chainat Province

Chainat is one of the central provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Nakhon Sawan, Sing Buri, Suphan Buri and Uthai Thani.-Geography:...

, central Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

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History

Originally the district was named Doem Bang Kao (เดิมบางเก่า), it was renamed in 1911 to Ban Chian after the central tambon, as the tambon Doem Bang was at the same time reassigned to the newly created Doem Bang district. In 1927 the district office was moved to Hankha market, and in 1939 the district name was changed accordingly to Hankha.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Nong Mamong

Amphoe Nong Mamong

Nong Mamong is the northwesternmost district of Chainat Province, central Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Wat Sing and Hankha of Chainat Province, Ban Rai, Huai Khot, Nong Chang and Nong Khayang of Uthai Thani Province.-History:The minor district was established on July 15 1996...

, Wat Sing

Amphoe Wat Sing

Wat Sing is a district in the northern part of Chainat Province, central Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Manorom, Mueang Chainat, Hankha and Nong Mamong of Chainat Province, Nong Khayang and Mueang Uthai Thani of Uthai Thani Province.-Administration:The district is subdivided into...

, Mueang Chainat

Amphoe Mueang Chainat

Mueang Chainat is the capital district of Chainat Province, central Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Sapphaya, Sankhaburi, Hankha, Wat Sing, Manorom of Chainat Province and Takhli of Nakhon Sawan Province.-History:In 1917 the district was renamed from Mueang to Ban Kluai...

 and Sankhaburi

Amphoe Sankhaburi

Sankhaburi is a district in the southern part of Chainat Province, central Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Hankha, Mueang Chainat, Sapphaya of Chainat Province, In Buri, Bang Rachan of Sing Buri Province and Doem Bang Nang Buat of Suphanburi Province.-Administration:The district...

 of Chainat Province, Doem Bang Nang Buat

Amphoe Doem Bang Nang Buat

Doem Bang Nang Buat is a district in the northern part of Suphanburi Province, central Thailand.-History:In the past, Nang Buat district covered a large area. Prince Damrong Rajanubhab and the governor of Suphanburi agreed to separate the northernmost part and then created a new district named...

 of Suphanburi Province

Suphanburi Province

Suphan Buri is one of the central provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Uthai Thani, Chai Nat, Sing Buri, Ang Thong, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Nakhon Pathom and Kanchanaburi.- Etymology :...

, Noen Kham

Amphoe Noen Kham

Noen Kham is the southwesternmost district of Chainat Province, central Thailand.-History:The two tambon Noen Kham and Kabok Tia of Hankha district were separated and created the new minor district on July 1, 1997....

 of Chainat Province again and Ban Rai

Amphoe Ban Rai

Ban Rai is a district in the Uthai Thani Province in western Thailand.-Geography:The district covers more than half of the whole province Uthai Thani, and is also the third-largest district of Thailand areawise...

 of Uthai Thani Province

Uthai Thani Province

Uthai Thani is one of the provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Nakhon Sawan, Chai Nat, Suphan Buri, Kanchanaburi and Tak.-Geography:...

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The important water resource is the Tha Chin River

Tha Chin River

The Tha Chin river is a distributary of the Chao Phraya river, Thailand. It splits near the province of Chainat and then flows westerly from the Chao Phraya through the central plains, until it mouths into the Gulf of Thailand at the province of Samut Sakhon....

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Administration

The district is subdivided into 8 subdistricts (tambon

Tambon

Tambon is a local government unit in Thailand. Below district and province , they form the third administrative subdivision level. As of the 2009 there are 7255 tambon, not including the 169 khwaeng of Bangkok, which are set at the same administrative level, thus every district contains 8-10 tambon...

), which are further subdivided into 99 villages (muban

Muban

Muban is the lowest administrative subdivision of Thailand. Usually translated as village, they are the subdivision of tambon. As of 2008, there are 74944 administrative villages in Thailand. As of the 1990 census, the average village consisted of 144 households or 746 persons.A muban does not...

). There are two subdistrict municipalities (thesaban tambon) - Hankha and Sam Ngam Tha Bot each cover parts of the same-named tambon. There are further 8 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No.	Name	Thai	Villages	Inh. Population A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...
1.	Hankha	หันคา	11	10,159
2.	Ban Chian	บ้านเชี่ยน	12	8,976
5.	Phrai Nok Yung	ไพรนกยูง	13	4,923
6.	Nong Saeng	หนองแซง	20	7,643
7.	Huai Ngu	ห้วยงู	11	5,943
8.	Wang Kai Thuean	วังไก่เถื่อน	11	7,828
9.	Den Yai	เด่นใหญ่	11	5,120
11.	Sam Ngam Tha Bot	สามง่ามท่าโบสถ์	10	5,312

Missing numbers are tambon which now form Noen Kham district.

External links

• amphoe.com