About Frotka Village

Frotka is a small village in Dalhousie tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 328, made up of 159 males and 169 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,063 females per 1000 males. The village covers 66.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176304, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Frotka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Frotka village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Dalhousie
Pincode	176304
Area (hectares)	66.77 hectares
Population	328
Male Population	159
Female Population	169
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,063
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Frotka compares

By the 2011 count Frotka is the 37th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 304 residents. Its 66.77 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Frotka

Frotka is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Frotka as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Frotka from other places

Frotka lies about 51 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Kathua, about 6.0 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 Frotka
Nearest railway station	Kathua	6.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dalhousie	35 km
District headquarters	Chamba	51 km

Villages closest to Frotka

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 Frotka

As per the Census of India 2011, Frotka village had a population of 328. That makes it the 37th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 304 residents.

Frotka village has 159 males and 169 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Frotka has about 1063 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Frotka is 176304. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Frotka covers 66.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Frotka is Kathua, about 6.0 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Frotka.

Frotka is about 51 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Frotka is in Dalhousie tehsil of Chamba district. Kathua is about 6.0 km away. Dalhousie is about 35 km away. Chamba is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.