About Chhirawal Village

Chhirawal is a small village in Rath tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 81, made up of 44 males and 37 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 841 females per 1000 males. The village covers 420 hectares hectares.

Chhirawal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhirawal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Rath
Area (hectares)	420 hectares
Population	81
Male Population	44
Female Population	37
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	841
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 Chhirawal compares

By the 2011 count Chhirawal is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,494 residents. Its 420 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 874.

Getting to Chhirawal

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

Chhirawal lies about 26 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, 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 Chhirawal
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rath	26 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	26 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	42 km

Villages closest to Chhirawal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chhirawal village had a population of 81. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,494 residents.

Chhirawal village has 44 males and 37 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhirawal has about 841 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 874.

Chhirawal covers 420 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chhirawal falls under Rath tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chhirawal is Jawalamukhi Road, 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 Chhirawal.

Chhirawal is about 26 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chhirawal is in Rath tehsil of Hamirpur district. Jawalamukhi Road is about 21 km away. Rath is about 26 km away. Hamirpur is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.