About Chanaur Village

Chanaur is a mid sized village in Indora tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,708, made up of 889 males and 819 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 316.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176401, 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	Indora
Pincode	176401
Area (hectares)	316.78 hectares
Population	1,708
Male Population	889
Female Population	819
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	921
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chanaur compares

By the 2011 count Chanaur is the 12th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 690 residents. Its 316.78 hectares work out to about 5.4 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 962.

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 5 - 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 55 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Ghiala, about 3.7 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 Chanaur
Nearest railway station	Ghiala	3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Indora	3.9 km
Nearest town	Pathānkot	14 km
District headquarters	Kangra	55 km

Villages closest to Chanaur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Indora 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 1,708. That makes it the 12th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 690 residents.

Chanaur village has 889 males and 819 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chanaur has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Chanaur is 176401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chanaur covers 316.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chanaur falls under Indora tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chanaur is Ghiala, about 3.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 55 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 Indora tehsil of Kangra district. Ghiala is about 3.7 km away. Indora is about 3.9 km away. Pathānkot is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.