About Churan Village

Churan is a small village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 439, made up of 210 males and 229 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,090 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Churan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Churan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dera Gopipur
Pincode	177114
Area (hectares)	106.48 hectares
Population	439
Male Population	210
Female Population	229
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,090
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Churan compares

By the 2011 count Churan is the 100th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 106.48 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Churan

Churan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Churan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Churan from other places

Churan lies about 11 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 3.6 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 Churan
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	3.6 km
District headquarters	Kangra	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dera Gopipur	13 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	26 km

Villages closest to Churan

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 Churan

As per the Census of India 2011, Churan village had a population of 439. That makes it the 100th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Churan village has 210 males and 229 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Churan has about 1090 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Churan is 177114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Churan covers 106.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Churan is Jawalamukhi Road, about 3.6 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 5 - 10 km distance for Churan.

Churan is about 11 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Churan is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Jawalamukhi Road is about 3.6 km away. Kangra is about 11 km away. Dera Gopipur is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.