About Chakban Banwala Village

Chakban Banwala is a small village in Dharmsala tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 234, made up of 117 males and 117 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 52.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176215, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chakban Banwala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chakban Banwala village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dharmsala
Pincode	176215
Area (hectares)	52.84 hectares
Population	234
Male Population	117
Female Population	117
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chakban Banwala compares

By the 2011 count Chakban Banwala is the 115th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 626 residents. Its 52.84 hectares work out to about 4.4 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 1003.

Getting to Chakban Banwala

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

Chakban Banwala lies about 17 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Nagrota, about 11 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 Chakban Banwala
Tehsil headquarters	Dharmsala	5.2 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	5.2 km
Nearest railway station	Nagrota	11 km
District headquarters	Kangra	17 km

Villages closest to Chakban Banwala

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dharmsala 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 Chakban Banwala

As per the Census of India 2011, Chakban Banwala village had a population of 234. That makes it the 115th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 626 residents.

Chakban Banwala village has 117 males and 117 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chakban Banwala has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Chakban Banwala is 176215. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chakban Banwala covers 52.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chakban Banwala falls under Dharmsala tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chakban Banwala is Nagrota, about 11 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 Chakban Banwala.

Chakban Banwala 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.

Chakban Banwala is in Dharmsala tehsil of Kangra district. Dharmsala is about 5.2 km away. Dharamsala is about 5.2 km away. Nagrota is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.