About Chaniara Village

Chaniara is a small village in Jawalamukhi tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 222, made up of 97 males and 125 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,289 females per 1000 males. The village covers 68.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176066, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chaniara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaniara village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jawalamukhi
Pincode	176066
Area (hectares)	68.05 hectares
Population	222
Male Population	97
Female Population	125
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,289
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chaniara compares

By the 2011 count Chaniara is the 77th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 312 residents. Its 68.05 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1107.

Getting to Chaniara

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

Chaniara lies about 32 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kartoli Punjab, about 9.8 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 Chaniara
Nearest railway station	Kartoli Punjab	9.8 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jawalamukhi	25 km
District headquarters	Kangra	32 km

Villages closest to Chaniara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaniara village had a population of 222. That makes it the 77th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 312 residents.

Chaniara village has 97 males and 125 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaniara has about 1289 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1107.

The pincode recorded for Chaniara is 176066. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chaniara covers 68.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chaniara falls under Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chaniara is Kartoli Punjab, about 9.8 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 Chaniara.

Chaniara is about 32 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaniara is in Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district. Kartoli Punjab is about 9.8 km away. Talwāra is about 18 km away. Jawalamukhi is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.