About Chaugan Village

Chaugan is a small village in Nurpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 208, made up of 111 males and 97 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 72.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chaugan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaugan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Nurpur
Pincode	176202
Area (hectares)	72.07 hectares
Population	208
Male Population	111
Female Population	97
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	874
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chaugan compares

By the 2011 count Chaugan is the 222nd largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 426 residents. Its 72.07 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Chaugan

Chaugan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chaugan 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 Chaugan from other places

Chaugan lies about 50 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kandwal, about 4.7 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 Chaugan
Nearest railway station	Kandwal	4.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nurpur	7.5 km
Nearest town	Mamun	11 km
District headquarters	Kangra	50 km

Villages closest to Chaugan

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 Chaugan

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaugan village had a population of 208. That makes it the 222nd largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 426 residents.

Chaugan village has 111 males and 97 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaugan has about 874 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 Chaugan is 176202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chaugan covers 72.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Chaugan is Kandwal, about 4.7 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 Chaugan.

Chaugan is about 50 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaugan is in Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district. Kandwal is about 4.7 km away. Nurpur is about 7.5 km away. Mamun is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.