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About Ban Charahti Village

Ban Charahti is a small village in Fatehpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 393, made up of 192 males and 201 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,047 females per 1000 males. The village covers 93.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176025, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ban Charahti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ban Charahti village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Fatehpur
Pincode 176025
Area (hectares) 93.16 hectares
Population 393
Male Population 192
Female Population 201
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,047
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ban Charahti compares

By the 2011 count Ban Charahti is the 45th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 283 residents. Its 93.16 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Ban Charahti

Ban Charahti is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Ban Charahti as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Ban Charahti from other places

Ban Charahti lies about 29 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawanwala Shahr, about 6.7 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 Ban Charahti
Tehsil headquarters Fatehpur 1.8 km
Nearest railway station Jawanwala Shahr 6.7 km
Nearest town Talwāra 19 km
District headquarters Kangra 29 km

Villages closest to Ban Charahti

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Fatehpur 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 Ban Charahti

As per the Census of India 2011, Ban Charahti village had a population of 393. That makes it the 45th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 283 residents.

Ban Charahti village has 192 males and 201 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ban Charahti has about 1047 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Ban Charahti is 176025. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ban Charahti covers 93.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ban Charahti falls under Fatehpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ban Charahti is Jawanwala Shahr, about 6.7 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Ban Charahti.

Ban Charahti is about 29 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ban Charahti is in Fatehpur tehsil of Kangra district. Fatehpur is about 1.8 km away. Jawanwala Shahr is about 6.7 km away. Talwāra is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hara (under 2 km), Jakhara Khas (under 2 km) and Toharar (under 2 km).

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

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