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About Chorar Village

Chorar is a small village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 63, made up of 23 males and 40 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,739 females per 1000 males. The village covers 65.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176028, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chorar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chorar village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Dera Gopipur
Pincode 176028
Area (hectares) 65.35 hectares
Population 63
Male Population 23
Female Population 40
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,739
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chorar compares

By the 2011 count Chorar is the 260th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 65.35 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Chorar

Chorar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chorar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chorar from other places

Chorar lies about 17 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Guler, about 5.1 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 Chorar
Nearest railway station Guler 5.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Dera Gopipur 10 km
District headquarters Kangra 17 km
Nearest town Talwāra 27 km

Villages closest to Chorar

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.

Common questions about Chorar

As per the Census of India 2011, Chorar village had a population of 63. That makes it the 260th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Chorar village has 23 males and 40 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chorar has about 1739 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Chorar is 176028. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chorar covers 65.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Chorar is Guler, about 5.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Chorar.

Chorar 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.

Chorar is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Guler is about 5.1 km away. Dera Gopipur is about 10 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.

The closest recorded villages are Pansal (under 2 km), Kut Ban Tili (under 2 km) and Sapru (1.9 km).

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

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