About Chalol Village

Chalol is a small village in Khundian tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 182, made up of 86 males and 96 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,116 females per 1000 males. The village covers 75.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176032, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chalol Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chalol village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Khundian
Pincode	176032
Area (hectares)	75.94 hectares
Population	182
Male Population	86
Female Population	96
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,116
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chalol compares

By the 2011 count Chalol is the 79th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 178 residents. Its 75.94 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1070.

Getting to Chalol

Chalol is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chalol as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Chalol from other places

Chalol lies about 30 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 25 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 Chalol
Tehsil headquarters	Khundian	7.4 km
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	25 km
District headquarters	Kangra	30 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	42 km

Villages closest to Chalol

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chalol village had a population of 182. That makes it the 79th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 178 residents.

Chalol village has 86 males and 96 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chalol has about 1116 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1070.

The pincode recorded for Chalol is 176032. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chalol covers 75.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chalol falls under Khundian tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chalol is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 25 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 5 - 10 km distance for Chalol.

Chalol is about 30 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chalol is in Khundian tehsil of Kangra district. Khundian is about 7.4 km away. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 25 km away. Kangra is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.