About Chanaur Village

Chanaur 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 1,160, made up of 572 males and 588 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,028 females per 1000 males. The village covers 226.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chanaur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chanaur village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dera Gopipur
Pincode	177113
Area (hectares)	226.76 hectares
Population	1,160
Male Population	572
Female Population	588
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,028
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chanaur compares

By the 2011 count Chanaur is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 226.76 hectares work out to about 5.1 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 Chanaur

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

Chanaur lies about 25 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 Chanaur
Tehsil headquarters	Dera Gopipur	8.6 km
Nearest railway station	Guler	12 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	23 km
District headquarters	Kangra	25 km

Villages closest to Chanaur

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 Chanaur

As per the Census of India 2011, Chanaur village had a population of 1,160. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Chanaur village has 572 males and 588 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chanaur has about 1028 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 Chanaur is 177113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chanaur covers 226.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Chanaur 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 Chanaur.

Chanaur is about 25 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chanaur is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Dera Gopipur is about 8.6 km away. Guler is about 12 km away. Talwāra is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.