About Chaloh Village

Chaloh is a small village in Nurpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 281, made up of 148 males and 133 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 186.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chaloh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaloh village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Nurpur
Pincode	176204
Area (hectares)	186.31 hectares
Population	281
Male Population	148
Female Population	133
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	899
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chaloh compares

By the 2011 count Chaloh is the 187th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 426 residents. Its 186.31 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 971.

Getting to Chaloh

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

How far is Chaloh from other places

Chaloh lies about 51 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kandwal, about 7.4 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 Chaloh
Nearest railway station	Kandwal	7.4 km
Nearest town	Mamun	8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nurpur	16 km
District headquarters	Kangra	51 km

Villages closest to Chaloh

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 Chaloh

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaloh village had a population of 281. That makes it the 187th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 426 residents.

Chaloh village has 148 males and 133 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaloh has about 899 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 Chaloh is 176204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chaloh covers 186.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Chaloh is Kandwal, about 7.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Chaloh.

Chaloh is about 51 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaloh is in Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district. Kandwal is about 7.4 km away. Mamun is about 8.4 km away. Nurpur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.