About Chiran Village

Chiran is a small village in Dhira tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 128, made up of 52 males and 76 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,462 females per 1000 males. The village covers 74.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176065, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chiran Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chiran village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dhira
Pincode	176065
Area (hectares)	74.07 hectares
Population	128
Male Population	52
Female Population	76
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,462
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chiran compares

By the 2011 count Chiran is the 64th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 74.07 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1176.

Getting to Chiran

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

Chiran lies about 14 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Samloti, about 8.5 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 Chiran
Nearest railway station	Samloti	8.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhira	14 km
District headquarters	Kangra	14 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	22 km

Villages closest to Chiran

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhira 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 Chiran

As per the Census of India 2011, Chiran village had a population of 128. That makes it the 64th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Chiran village has 52 males and 76 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chiran has about 1462 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1176.

The pincode recorded for Chiran is 176065. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chiran covers 74.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chiran falls under Dhira tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chiran is Samloti, about 8.5 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 Chiran.

Chiran is about 14 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chiran is in Dhira tehsil of Kangra district. Samloti is about 8.5 km away. Dhira is about 14 km away. Kangra is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.