About Madan Shalancha Village

Madan Shalancha is a mid sized village in Chaurah tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 536, made up of 267 males and 269 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,007 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176316, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madan Shalancha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madan Shalancha village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Chaurah
Pincode	176316
Area (hectares)	88 hectares
Population	536
Male Population	267
Female Population	269
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,007
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Madan Shalancha compares

By the 2011 count Madan Shalancha is the 55th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 441 residents. Its 88 hectares work out to about 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Madan Shalancha

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

Madan Shalancha lies about 10 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 40 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 Madan Shalancha
Tehsil headquarters	Chaurah	10 km
District headquarters	Chamba	10 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	40 km

Villages closest to Madan Shalancha

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 Madan Shalancha

As per the Census of India 2011, Madan Shalancha village had a population of 536. That makes it the 55th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 441 residents.

Madan Shalancha village has 267 males and 269 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madan Shalancha has about 1007 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Madan Shalancha is 176316. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madan Shalancha covers 88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Madan Shalancha falls under Chaurah tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Madan Shalancha is Nurpur Road, about 40 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 Madan Shalancha.

Madan Shalancha is about 10 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madan Shalancha is in Chaurah tehsil of Chamba district. Chaurah is about 10 km away. Chamba is about 10 km away. Nurpur Road is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.