About Chauhra Village

Chauhra is a small village in Dalhousie tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 119, made up of 52 males and 67 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,288 females per 1000 males. The village covers 67.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176306, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chauhra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chauhra village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Dalhousie
Pincode	176306
Area (hectares)	67.61 hectares
Population	119
Male Population	52
Female Population	67
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,288
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chauhra compares

By the 2011 count Chauhra is the 93rd largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 304 residents. Its 67.61 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Chauhra

Chauhra is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chauhra as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Chauhra from other places

Chauhra lies about 24 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 63 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 Chauhra
District headquarters	Chamba	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dalhousie	35 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	63 km

Villages closest to Chauhra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chauhra village had a population of 119. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 304 residents.

Chauhra village has 52 males and 67 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chauhra has about 1288 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Chauhra is 176306. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chauhra covers 67.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chauhra falls under Dalhousie tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chauhra is Nurpur Road, about 63 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 5 - 10 km distance for Chauhra.

Chauhra is about 24 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chauhra is in Dalhousie tehsil of Chamba district. Chamba is about 24 km away. Dalhousie is about 35 km away. Nurpur Road is about 63 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.