About Chori Village

Chori is a small village in Khundian tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 162, made up of 83 males and 79 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 952 females per 1000 males. The village covers 79.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176031, 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	Khundian
Pincode	176031
Area (hectares)	79.44 hectares
Population	162
Male Population	83
Female Population	79
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	952
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chori compares

By the 2011 count Chori is the 90th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 178 residents. Its 79.44 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1070.

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. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 18 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 13 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
Tehsil headquarters	Khundian	6.2 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	13 km
District headquarters	Kangra	18 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	32 km

Villages closest to Chori

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 Chori

As per the Census of India 2011, Chori village had a population of 162. That makes it the 90th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 178 residents.

Chori village has 83 males and 79 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chori has about 952 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1070.

The pincode recorded for Chori is 176031. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chori covers 79.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Chori is Jawalamukhi Road, about 13 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 and private bus service as Available for Chori.

Chori is about 18 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 Khundian tehsil of Kangra district. Khundian is about 6.2 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 13 km away. Kangra is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.