About Chaplah Village

Chaplah is a mid sized village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 977, made up of 488 males and 489 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,002 females per 1000 males. The village covers 317.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chaplah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaplah village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dera Gopipur
Pincode	177113
Area (hectares)	317.85 hectares
Population	977
Male Population	488
Female Population	489
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,002
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chaplah compares

By the 2011 count Chaplah is the 23rd largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 317.85 hectares work out to about 3.1 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 1082.

Getting to Chaplah

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

Chaplah lies about 26 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Guler, about 12 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 Chaplah
Tehsil headquarters	Dera Gopipur	10 km
Nearest railway station	Guler	12 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	22 km
District headquarters	Kangra	26 km

Villages closest to Chaplah

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 Chaplah

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaplah village had a population of 977. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Chaplah village has 488 males and 489 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaplah has about 1002 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Chaplah is 177113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chaplah covers 317.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Chaplah is Guler, about 12 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 Chaplah.

Chaplah is about 26 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaplah is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Dera Gopipur is about 10 km away. Guler is about 12 km away. Talwāra is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.