About Chanan Kalan Village

Chanan Kalan is a small village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 118, made up of 56 males and 62 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,107 females per 1000 males. The village covers 57.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chanan Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chanan Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dera Gopipur
Pincode	177101
Area (hectares)	57.58 hectares
Population	118
Male Population	56
Female Population	62
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,107
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chanan Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Chanan Kalan is the 224th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 57.58 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Chanan Kalan

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

Chanan Kalan lies about 17 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Tripal, about 8.8 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 Chanan Kalan
Tehsil headquarters	Dera Gopipur	6.6 km
Nearest railway station	Tripal	8.8 km
District headquarters	Kangra	17 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	32 km

Villages closest to Chanan Kalan

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 Chanan Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Chanan Kalan village had a population of 118. That makes it the 224th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Chanan Kalan village has 56 males and 62 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chanan Kalan has about 1107 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Chanan Kalan is 177101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chanan Kalan covers 57.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Chanan Kalan is Tripal, about 8.8 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 Chanan Kalan.

Chanan Kalan is about 17 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chanan Kalan is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Dera Gopipur is about 6.6 km away. Tripal is about 8.8 km away. Kangra is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.