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About Chakban Baldhar Village

Chakban Baldhar is a small village in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 57, made up of 27 males and 30 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,111 females per 1000 males. The village covers 69.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176056, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chakban Baldhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chakban Baldhar village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Nagrota Bagwan
Pincode 176056
Area (hectares) 69.59 hectares
Population 57
Male Population 27
Female Population 30
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,111
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Chakban Baldhar compares

By the 2011 count Chakban Baldhar is the 134th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 69.59 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 1027.

Getting to Chakban Baldhar

The census records public bus service for Chakban Baldhar 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chakban Baldhar from other places

Chakban Baldhar lies about 4.9 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kangra Mandir, about 3.1 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 Chakban Baldhar
Nearest railway station Kangra Mandir 3.1 km
District headquarters Kangra 4.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Nagrota Bagwan 6.6 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 16 km

Villages closest to Chakban Baldhar

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

Common questions about Chakban Baldhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Chakban Baldhar village had a population of 57. That makes it the 134th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 451 residents.

Chakban Baldhar village has 27 males and 30 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chakban Baldhar has about 1111 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Chakban Baldhar is 176056. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chakban Baldhar covers 69.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chakban Baldhar falls under Nagrota Bagwan tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chakban Baldhar is Kangra Mandir, about 3.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Chakban Baldhar.

Chakban Baldhar is about 4.9 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chakban Baldhar is in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil of Kangra district. Kangra Mandir is about 3.1 km away. Kangra is about 4.9 km away. Nagrota Bagwan is about 6.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhar (under 2 km), Gherun (under 2 km) and Gabla Andrar (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Chakban Baldhar today is likely to be higher.

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