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About Chandaura Village

Chandaura is a mid sized village in Maudaha tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 756, made up of 433 males and 323 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 746 females per 1000 males. The village covers 799.39 hectares hectares.

Chandaura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chandaura village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Hamirpur
Tehsil Maudaha
Area (hectares) 799.39 hectares
Population 756
Male Population 433
Female Population 323
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 746
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chandaura compares

By the 2011 count Chandaura is the 109th 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 799.39 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 859.

Getting to Chandaura

Chandaura is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chandaura 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chandaura from other places

Chandaura lies about 12 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Churaru Takarla, 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 Chandaura
Tehsil headquarters Maudaha 12 km
District headquarters Hamirpur 12 km
Nearest railway station Churaru Takarla 30 km
Nearest town Nangal 41 km

Villages closest to Chandaura

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 Chandaura

As per the Census of India 2011, Chandaura village had a population of 756. That makes it the 109th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,090 residents.

Chandaura village has 433 males and 323 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chandaura has about 746 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 859.

Chandaura covers 799.39 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.

Chandaura falls under Maudaha tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chandaura is Churaru Takarla, about 30 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Chandaura.

Chandaura is about 12 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chandaura is in Maudaha tehsil of Hamirpur district. Maudaha is about 12 km away. Hamirpur is about 12 km away. Churaru Takarla is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lachhmanpur (4.8 km), Bharkhri (5.8 km) and Kaimokhar (5.8 km).

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

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