About Chamnal Village

Chamnal is a small village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 140, made up of 66 males and 74 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,121 females per 1000 males. The village covers 110.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chamnal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chamnal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dera Gopipur
Pincode	177103
Area (hectares)	110.39 hectares
Population	140
Male Population	66
Female Population	74
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,121
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 Chamnal compares

By the 2011 count Chamnal is the 202nd largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 110.39 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Chamnal

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

Chamnal lies about 32 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Chintpurni Marg, about 15 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 Chamnal
Tehsil headquarters	Dera Gopipur	8.9 km
Nearest railway station	Chintpurni Marg	15 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	30 km
District headquarters	Kangra	32 km

Villages closest to Chamnal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Gopipur 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 Chamnal

As per the Census of India 2011, Chamnal village had a population of 140. That makes it the 202nd largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Chamnal village has 66 males and 74 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chamnal has about 1121 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Chamnal is 177103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chamnal covers 110.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chamnal falls under Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chamnal is Chintpurni Marg, about 15 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 Chamnal.

Chamnal is about 32 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chamnal is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Dera Gopipur is about 8.9 km away. Chintpurni Marg is about 15 km away. Talwāra is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.