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About Chanaur Kar Village

Chanaur Kar is a small village in Baroh tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 112, made up of 64 males and 48 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 750 females per 1000 males. The village covers 65.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176054, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chanaur Kar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chanaur Kar village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Baroh
Pincode 176054
Area (hectares) 65.82 hectares
Population 112
Male Population 64
Female Population 48
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 750
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chanaur Kar compares

By the 2011 count Chanaur Kar is the 96th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 159 residents. Its 65.82 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 1091.

Getting to Chanaur Kar

Chanaur Kar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chanaur Kar 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 Chanaur Kar from other places

Chanaur Kar lies about 29 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Balle Da Pir Larth, about 19 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 Chanaur Kar
Nearest railway station Balle Da Pir Larth 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Baroh 20 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 23 km
District headquarters Kangra 29 km

Villages closest to Chanaur Kar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Baroh 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 Chanaur Kar

As per the Census of India 2011, Chanaur Kar village had a population of 112. That makes it the 96th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 159 residents.

Chanaur Kar village has 64 males and 48 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chanaur Kar has about 750 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1091.

The pincode recorded for Chanaur Kar is 176054. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chanaur Kar covers 65.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chanaur Kar falls under Baroh tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chanaur Kar is Balle Da Pir Larth, about 19 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 Chanaur Kar.

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

Chanaur Kar is in Baroh tehsil of Kangra district. Balle Da Pir Larth is about 19 km away. Baroh is about 20 km away. Dharamsala is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Balu (under 2 km), Kamlota (1.9 km) and Sanani (3.3 km).

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

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