About Chharar Village

Chharar is a small village in Khundian tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 109, made up of 61 males and 48 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 787 females per 1000 males. The village covers 45.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176032, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chharar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chharar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Khundian
Pincode	176032
Area (hectares)	45.37 hectares
Population	109
Male Population	61
Female Population	48
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	787
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chharar compares

By the 2011 count Chharar is the 128th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 178 residents. Its 45.37 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1070.

Getting to Chharar

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

Chharar lies about 31 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 26 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 Chharar
Tehsil headquarters	Khundian	8.3 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	26 km
District headquarters	Kangra	31 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	43 km

Villages closest to Chharar

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 Chharar

As per the Census of India 2011, Chharar village had a population of 109. That makes it the 128th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 178 residents.

Chharar village has 61 males and 48 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chharar has about 787 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1070.

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

Chharar covers 45.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Chharar is Jawalamukhi Road, about 26 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 Chharar.

Chharar is about 31 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chharar is in Khundian tehsil of Kangra district. Khundian is about 8.3 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 26 km away. Kangra is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.