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About Chakban Bhowrni Village

Chakban Bhowrni is a small village in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 37, made up of 21 males and 16 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 762 females per 1000 males. The village covers 81.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176056, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chakban Bhowrni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chakban Bhowrni village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Nagrota Bagwan
Pincode 176056
Area (hectares) 81.08 hectares
Population 37
Male Population 21
Female Population 16
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 762
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chakban Bhowrni compares

By the 2011 count Chakban Bhowrni is the 139th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 81.08 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Chakban Bhowrni

Chakban Bhowrni is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chakban Bhowrni as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chakban Bhowrni from other places

Chakban Bhowrni lies about 11 km from Nagrota Bagwan, and the nearest railway station is Kangra, about under 2 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 Bhowrni
Nearest railway station Kangra under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Nagrota Bagwan 11 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 17 km

Villages closest to Chakban Bhowrni

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 Bhowrni

As per the Census of India 2011, Chakban Bhowrni village had a population of 37. That makes it the 139th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 451 residents.

Chakban Bhowrni village has 21 males and 16 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chakban Bhowrni has about 762 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1027.

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

Chakban Bhowrni covers 81.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Chakban Bhowrni is Kangra, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Chakban Bhowrni is about 11 km from Nagrota Bagwan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chakban Bhowrni is in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil of Kangra district. Kangra is about under 2 km away. Nagrota Bagwan is about 11 km away. Dharamsala is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chakban Ambari (under 2 km), Chakban Banai (under 2 km) and Chakban Banbher (under 2 km).

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

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