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About Chamar Khanna Village

Chamar Khanna is a mid sized village in Maudaha tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 558, made up of 303 males and 255 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 842 females per 1000 males. The village covers 225.25 hectares hectares.

Chamar Khanna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chamar Khanna village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Hamirpur
Tehsil Maudaha
Area (hectares) 225.25 hectares
Population 558
Male Population 303
Female Population 255
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 842
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chamar Khanna compares

By the 2011 count Chamar Khanna is the 115th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,090 residents. Its 225.25 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 859.

Getting to Chamar Khanna

Chamar Khanna is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Chamar Khanna as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Chamar Khanna from other places

Chamar Khanna lies about 34 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Olinda, about 39 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 Chamar Khanna
Nearest town Sundarnagar 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Maudaha 34 km
District headquarters Hamirpur 34 km
Nearest railway station Olinda 39 km

Villages closest to Chamar Khanna

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Maudaha 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 Chamar Khanna

As per the Census of India 2011, Chamar Khanna village had a population of 558. That makes it the 115th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,090 residents.

Chamar Khanna village has 303 males and 255 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chamar Khanna has about 842 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 859.

Chamar Khanna covers 225.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chamar Khanna falls under Maudaha tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chamar Khanna is Olinda, about 39 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Chamar Khanna.

Chamar Khanna is about 34 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chamar Khanna is in Maudaha tehsil of Hamirpur district. Sundarnagar is about 10 km away. Maudaha is about 34 km away. Hamirpur is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khandeh (under 2 km), Khandehi Lodhan (under 2 km) and Bharsawan (10 km).

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

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