About Chhatair Village

Chhatair is a small village in Dharmsala tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 169, made up of 87 males and 82 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 943 females per 1000 males. The village covers 69.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176052, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chhatair Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhatair village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dharmsala
Pincode	176052
Area (hectares)	69.38 hectares
Population	169
Male Population	87
Female Population	82
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	943
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chhatair compares

By the 2011 count Chhatair is the 125th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 626 residents. Its 69.38 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Chhatair

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

Chhatair lies about 17 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Nagrota, about 9.7 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 Chhatair
Tehsil headquarters	Dharmsala	7.0 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	7.0 km
Nearest railway station	Nagrota	9.7 km
District headquarters	Kangra	17 km

Villages closest to Chhatair

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 Chhatair

As per the Census of India 2011, Chhatair village had a population of 169. That makes it the 125th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 626 residents.

Chhatair village has 87 males and 82 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhatair has about 943 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Chhatair is 176052. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chhatair covers 69.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chhatair falls under Dharmsala tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chhatair is Nagrota, about 9.7 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 Chhatair.

Chhatair 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.

Chhatair is in Dharmsala tehsil of Kangra district. Dharmsala is about 7.0 km away. Dharamsala is about 7.0 km away. Nagrota is about 9.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.