About Chohar Village

Chohar is a small village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 126, made up of 61 males and 65 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,066 females per 1000 males. The village covers 35.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chohar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chohar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dera Gopipur
Pincode	177101
Area (hectares)	35.16 hectares
Population	126
Male Population	61
Female Population	65
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,066
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chohar compares

By the 2011 count Chohar is the 214th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 35.16 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Chohar

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

Chohar lies about 17 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 9.3 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 Chohar
Tehsil headquarters	Dera Gopipur	6.9 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	9.3 km
District headquarters	Kangra	17 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	32 km

Villages closest to Chohar

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 Chohar

As per the Census of India 2011, Chohar village had a population of 126. That makes it the 214th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Chohar village has 61 males and 65 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chohar has about 1066 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1082.

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

Chohar covers 35.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Chohar is Jawalamukhi Road, about 9.3 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 Chohar.

Chohar 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.

Chohar is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Dera Gopipur is about 6.9 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 9.3 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.