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About Chakban Ochh Village

Chakban Ochh is a small village in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 108, made up of 49 males and 59 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,204 females per 1000 males. The village covers 383.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176056, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chakban Ochh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chakban Ochh village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Nagrota Bagwan
Pincode 176056
Area (hectares) 383.14 hectares
Population 108
Male Population 49
Female Population 59
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,204
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Chakban Ochh compares

By the 2011 count Chakban Ochh is the 121st largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 383.14 hectares work out to about 0.3 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 Ochh

Chakban Ochh is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Chakban Ochh 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chakban Ochh from other places

Chakban Ochh lies about 12 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Nagrota, about 1.8 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 Ochh
Nearest railway station Nagrota 1.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Nagrota Bagwan 1.9 km
District headquarters Kangra 12 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 16 km

Villages closest to Chakban Ochh

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 Ochh

As per the Census of India 2011, Chakban Ochh village had a population of 108. That makes it the 121st largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 451 residents.

Chakban Ochh village has 49 males and 59 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chakban Ochh has about 1204 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1027.

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

Chakban Ochh covers 383.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Chakban Ochh is Nagrota, about 1.8 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Chakban Ochh.

Chakban Ochh is about 12 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chakban Ochh is in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil of Kangra district. Nagrota is about 1.8 km away. Nagrota Bagwan is about 1.9 km away. Kangra is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Och (under 2 km), Bhadrehr (under 2 km) and Masal (under 2 km).

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

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