About Chori Village

Chori is a small village in Shahpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 231, made up of 106 males and 125 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,179 females per 1000 males. The village covers 63.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chori Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chori village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Shahpur
Pincode	176206
Area (hectares)	63.03 hectares
Population	231
Male Population	106
Female Population	125
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,179
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chori compares

By the 2011 count Chori is the 100th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 63.03 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1046.

Getting to Chori

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

Chori lies about 43 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Nagrota, about 42 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 Chori
Nearest town	Chamba	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shahpur	31 km
Nearest railway station	Nagrota	42 km
District headquarters	Kangra	43 km

Villages closest to Chori

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chori village had a population of 231. That makes it the 100th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 451 residents.

Chori village has 106 males and 125 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chori has about 1179 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1046.

The pincode recorded for Chori is 176206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chori covers 63.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chori falls under Shahpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chori is Nagrota, about 42 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 Chori.

Chori is about 43 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chori is in Shahpur tehsil of Kangra district. Chamba is about 17 km away. Shahpur is about 31 km away. Nagrota is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.