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About Charot Village

Charot is a small village in Tira Sujanpur tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 216, made up of 107 males and 109 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 103 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176110, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Charot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Charot village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Hamirpur
Tehsil Tira Sujanpur
Pincode 176110
Area (hectares) 103 hectares
Population 216
Male Population 107
Female Population 109
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,019
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Charot compares

By the 2011 count Charot is the 55th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 196 residents. Its 103 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1207.

Getting to Charot

Charot is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Charot as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Charot from other places

Charot lies about 18 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Amb Andaura, about 29 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 Charot
Tehsil headquarters Tira Sujanpur 12 km
District headquarters Hamirpur 18 km
Nearest railway station Amb Andaura 29 km
Nearest town Nangal 44 km

Villages closest to Charot

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 Charot

As per the Census of India 2011, Charot village had a population of 216. That makes it the 55th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 196 residents.

Charot village has 107 males and 109 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Charot has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1207.

The pincode recorded for Charot is 176110. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Charot covers 103 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Charot is Amb Andaura, about 29 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Charot.

Charot is about 18 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Charot is in Tira Sujanpur tehsil of Hamirpur district. Tira Sujanpur is about 12 km away. Hamirpur is about 18 km away. Amb Andaura is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Amb Ghara (under 2 km), Bajahar (under 2 km) and Bharthun (under 2 km).

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

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