About Chhanwar Village

Chhanwar is a mid sized village in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 508, made up of 243 males and 265 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,091 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176056, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chhanwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhanwar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Nagrota Bagwan
Pincode	176056
Area (hectares)	106.6 hectares
Population	508
Male Population	243
Female Population	265
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,091
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chhanwar compares

By the 2011 count Chhanwar is the 48th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 106.6 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Chhanwar

Chhanwar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chhanwar 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chhanwar from other places

Chhanwar lies about 9.6 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Nagrota, about 4.2 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 Chhanwar
Tehsil headquarters	Nagrota Bagwan	3.5 km
Nearest railway station	Nagrota	4.2 km
District headquarters	Kangra	9.6 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	10 km

Villages closest to Chhanwar

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.

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Common questions about Chhanwar

As per the Census of India 2011, Chhanwar village had a population of 508. That makes it the 48th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 451 residents.

Chhanwar village has 243 males and 265 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhanwar has about 1091 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1027.

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

Chhanwar covers 106.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Chhanwar is Nagrota, about 4.2 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Chhanwar.

Chhanwar is about 9.6 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chhanwar is in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil of Kangra district. Nagrota Bagwan is about 3.5 km away. Nagrota is about 4.2 km away. Kangra is about 9.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.