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About Chuned Village

Chuned is a small village in Holi tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 82, made up of 46 males and 36 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 783 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176310, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chuned Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chuned village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Chamba
Tehsil Holi
Pincode 176310
Area (hectares) 88.71 hectares
Population 82
Male Population 46
Female Population 36
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 783
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chuned compares

By the 2011 count Chuned is the 34th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 312 residents. Its 88.71 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 929.

Getting to Chuned

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

Chuned lies about 59 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Baijnath Paprola, about 25 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 Chuned
Tehsil headquarters Holi 11 km
Nearest railway station Baijnath Paprola 25 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 32 km
District headquarters Chamba 59 km

Villages closest to Chuned

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

Common questions about Chuned

As per the Census of India 2011, Chuned village had a population of 82. That makes it the 34th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 312 residents.

Chuned village has 46 males and 36 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chuned has about 783 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Chuned is 176310. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chuned covers 88.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chuned falls under Holi tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chuned is Baijnath Paprola, about 25 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 km distance for Chuned.

Chuned is about 59 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chuned is in Holi tehsil of Chamba district. Holi is about 11 km away. Baijnath Paprola is about 25 km away. Dharamsala is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Naya Graon (under 2 km), Bajol (1.6 km) and Surai (2.0 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Chuned today is likely to be higher.

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