About Nahana Village

Nahana is a small village in Sihunta tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 273, made up of 142 males and 131 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 109.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nahana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nahana village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Sihunta
Pincode	176207
Area (hectares)	109.67 hectares
Population	273
Male Population	142
Female Population	131
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	923
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 Nahana compares

By the 2011 count Nahana is the 55th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 498 residents. Its 109.67 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1021.

Getting to Nahana

Nahana is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Nahana 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 Nahana from other places

Nahana lies about 39 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Jawanwala Shahr, about 9.1 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 Nahana
Nearest railway station	Jawanwala Shahr	9.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sihunta	11 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	24 km
District headquarters	Chamba	39 km

Villages closest to Nahana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Nahana village had a population of 273. That makes it the 55th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 498 residents.

Nahana village has 142 males and 131 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nahana has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1021.

The pincode recorded for Nahana is 176207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nahana covers 109.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Nahana falls under Sihunta tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Nahana is Jawanwala Shahr, about 9.1 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 Nahana.

Nahana is about 39 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nahana is in Sihunta tehsil of Chamba district. Jawanwala Shahr is about 9.1 km away. Sihunta is about 11 km away. Dharamsala is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.