About Sandhara Village

Sandhara is a small village in Dalhousie tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 63, made up of 36 males and 27 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 750 females per 1000 males. The village covers 80.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sandhara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sandhara village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Dalhousie
Pincode	176302
Area (hectares)	80.22 hectares
Population	63
Male Population	36
Female Population	27
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	750
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sandhara compares

By the 2011 count Sandhara is the 111th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 304 residents. Its 80.22 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 1025.

Getting to Sandhara

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

Sandhara lies about 26 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 30 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 Sandhara
Tehsil headquarters	Dalhousie	8.9 km
District headquarters	Chamba	26 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	30 km

Villages closest to Sandhara

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 Sandhara

As per the Census of India 2011, Sandhara village had a population of 63. That makes it the 111th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 304 residents.

Sandhara village has 36 males and 27 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sandhara has about 750 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

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

Sandhara covers 80.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Sandhara is Nurpur Road, about 30 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 Sandhara.

Sandhara is about 26 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sandhara is in Dalhousie tehsil of Chamba district. Dalhousie is about 8.9 km away. Chamba is about 26 km away. Nurpur Road is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.