About Chhir Village

Chhir is a small village in Khundian tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 52, made up of 24 males and 28 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,167 females per 1000 males. The village covers 47.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176030, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Chhir compares

By the 2011 count Chhir is the 186th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 178 residents. Its 47.73 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1070.

Getting to Chhir

Chhir is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Chhir 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 Chhir from other places

Chhir lies about 29 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 21 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.

Villages closest to Chhir

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

• Uk Lahr under 2 km
• Chanarri under 2 km
• Pihri under 2 km
• Dhariatu under 2 km
• Naloti under 2 km
• Bhadrol under 2 km

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.