About Chah Village

Chah is a small village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 121, made up of 50 males and 71 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,420 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176092, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chah village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Palampur
Pincode	176092
Area (hectares)	42.87 hectares
Population	121
Male Population	50
Female Population	71
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,420
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chah compares

By the 2011 count Chah is the 313th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 42.87 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Chah

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

Chah lies about 26 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 11 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 Chah
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Palampur	17 km
District headquarters	Kangra	26 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	32 km

Villages closest to Chah

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chah village had a population of 121. That makes it the 313th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Chah village has 50 males and 71 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chah has about 1420 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Chah is 176092. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chah covers 42.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chah falls under Palampur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chah is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 11 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 Chah.

Chah is about 26 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chah is in Palampur tehsil of Kangra district. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 11 km away. Palampur is about 17 km away. Kangra is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.