About Chhirka Village

Chhirka is a large village in Maudaha tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,376, made up of 1,843 males and 1,533 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 832 females per 1000 males. The village covers 986.68 hectares hectares.

Chhirka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhirka village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Maudaha
Area (hectares)	986.68 hectares
Population	3,376
Male Population	1,843
Female Population	1,533
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	832
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 Chhirka compares

By the 2011 count Chhirka is the 25th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,090 residents. Its 986.68 hectares work out to about 3.4 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 Chhirka

Chhirka is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Chhirka 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 Chhirka from other places

Chhirka lies about 29 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Tripal, about 21 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 Chhirka
Nearest railway station	Tripal	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Maudaha	29 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	29 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	39 km

Villages closest to Chhirka

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.

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Common questions about Chhirka

As per the Census of India 2011, Chhirka village had a population of 3,376. That makes it the 25th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,090 residents.

Chhirka village has 1,843 males and 1,533 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhirka has about 832 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 859.

Chhirka covers 986.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Chhirka is Tripal, about 21 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 Chhirka.

Chhirka is about 29 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chhirka is in Maudaha tehsil of Hamirpur district. Tripal is about 21 km away. Maudaha is about 29 km away. Hamirpur is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.