About Parchor Village

Parchor is a mid sized village in Bhattiyat tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 591, made up of 288 males and 303 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,052 females per 1000 males. The village covers 276 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Parchor Overview

Census 2011 figures for Parchor village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Bhattiyat
Pincode	176302
Area (hectares)	276 hectares
Population	591
Male Population	288
Female Population	303
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,052
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Parchor compares

By the 2011 count Parchor is the 12th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 304 residents. Its 276 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Parchor

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

Parchor lies about 21 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 19 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 Parchor
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhattiyat	21 km
District headquarters	Chamba	21 km

Villages closest to Parchor

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bhattiyat 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 Parchor

As per the Census of India 2011, Parchor village had a population of 591. That makes it the 12th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 304 residents.

Parchor village has 288 males and 303 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Parchor has about 1052 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Parchor is 176302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Parchor covers 276 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Parchor falls under Bhattiyat tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Parchor is Nurpur Road, about 19 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 Parchor.

Parchor is about 21 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Parchor is in Bhattiyat tehsil of Chamba district. Nurpur Road is about 19 km away. Bhattiyat is about 21 km away. Chamba is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.