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About Chaloh Village

Chaloh is a small village in Tira Sujanpur tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 76, made up of 27 males and 49 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,815 females per 1000 males. The village covers 66.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chaloh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaloh village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Hamirpur
Tehsil Tira Sujanpur
Pincode 176111
Area (hectares) 66.29 hectares
Population 76
Male Population 27
Female Population 49
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,815
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chaloh compares

By the 2011 count Chaloh is the 133rd largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 196 residents. Its 66.29 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1207.

Getting to Chaloh

Chaloh is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chaloh as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Chaloh from other places

Chaloh 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 Chaloh
Tehsil headquarters Tira Sujanpur 14 km
Nearest railway station Jawalamukhi Road 21 km
District headquarters Hamirpur 26 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 39 km

Villages closest to Chaloh

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tira Sujanpur 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 Chaloh

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaloh village had a population of 76. That makes it the 133rd largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 196 residents.

Chaloh village has 27 males and 49 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaloh has about 1815 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1207.

The pincode recorded for Chaloh is 176111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chaloh covers 66.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chaloh falls under Tira Sujanpur tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chaloh 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Chaloh.

Chaloh 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.

Chaloh is in Tira Sujanpur tehsil of Hamirpur district. Tira Sujanpur is about 14 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 21 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.

The closest recorded villages are Thathi Alohian (under 2 km), Bahl (2.6 km) and Jhaler (4.7 km).

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

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