About Drabbar Village

Drabbar is a mid sized village in Chaurah tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 588, made up of 321 males and 267 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 832 females per 1000 males. The village covers 295.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176319, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Drabbar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Drabbar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Chaurah
Pincode	176319
Area (hectares)	295.22 hectares
Population	588
Male Population	321
Female Population	267
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	832
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Drabbar compares

By the 2011 count Drabbar is the 48th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 441 residents. Its 295.22 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Drabbar

Drabbar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Drabbar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Drabbar from other places

Drabbar lies about 7.4 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 48 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 Drabbar
Tehsil headquarters	Chaurah	7.4 km
District headquarters	Chamba	7.4 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	48 km

Villages closest to Drabbar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Drabbar village had a population of 588. That makes it the 48th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 441 residents.

Drabbar village has 321 males and 267 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Drabbar has about 832 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Drabbar is 176319. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Drabbar covers 295.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Drabbar falls under Chaurah tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Drabbar is Nurpur Road, about 48 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 10+ km distance for Drabbar.

Drabbar is about 7.4 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Drabbar is in Chaurah tehsil of Chamba district. Chaurah is about 7.4 km away. Chamba is about 7.4 km away. Nurpur Road is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.