About Changrara Village

Changrara is a small village in Nurpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 80, made up of 49 males and 31 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 633 females per 1000 males. The village covers 50.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Changrara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Changrara village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Nurpur
Pincode	176204
Area (hectares)	50.01 hectares
Population	80
Male Population	49
Female Population	31
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	633
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Changrara compares

By the 2011 count Changrara is the 324th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 426 residents. Its 50.01 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 971.

Getting to Changrara

Changrara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Changrara as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Changrara from other places

Changrara lies about 29 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Balle Da Pir Larth, about 19 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 Changrara
Nearest railway station	Balle Da Pir Larth	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nurpur	20 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	23 km
District headquarters	Kangra	29 km

Villages closest to Changrara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nurpur 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 Changrara

As per the Census of India 2011, Changrara village had a population of 80. That makes it the 324th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 426 residents.

Changrara village has 49 males and 31 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Changrara has about 633 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Changrara is 176204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Changrara covers 50.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Changrara falls under Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Changrara is Balle Da Pir Larth, about 19 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 10+ km distance for Changrara.

Changrara is about 29 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Changrara is in Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district. Balle Da Pir Larth is about 19 km away. Nurpur is about 20 km away. Dharamsala is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.