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About Chakban Ghiana Kalan Village

Chakban Ghiana Kalan is a small village in Dharmsala tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5, made up of 3 males and 2 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 667 females per 1000 males. The village covers 35.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chakban Ghiana Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chakban Ghiana Kalan village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Dharmsala
Pincode 176001
Area (hectares) 35.65 hectares
Population 5
Male Population 3
Female Population 2
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 667
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Chakban Ghiana Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Chakban Ghiana Kalan is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 626 residents. Its 35.65 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Chakban Ghiana Kalan

Chakban Ghiana Kalan is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Chakban Ghiana Kalan as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chakban Ghiana Kalan from other places

Chakban Ghiana Kalan 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 Ghiana Kalan
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 Ghiana Kalan

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.

Common questions about Chakban Ghiana Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Chakban Ghiana Kalan village had a population of 5. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 626 residents.

Chakban Ghiana Kalan village has 3 males and 2 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chakban Ghiana Kalan has about 667 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Chakban Ghiana Kalan is 176001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chakban Ghiana Kalan covers 35.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Chakban Ghiana Kalan is Nagrota, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Chakban Ghiana Kalan.

Chakban Ghiana Kalan 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 Ghiana Kalan 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.

The closest recorded villages are Chakban Banwala (under 2 km), Chakban Ghanyara (under 2 km) and Chakban Kardiana (under 2 km).

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

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