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About Chakban Andreta Village

Chakban Andreta is a small village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 106, made up of 46 males and 60 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,304 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chakban Andreta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chakban Andreta village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Palampur
Pincode 176103
Area (hectares) 95.71 hectares
Population 106
Male Population 46
Female Population 60
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,304
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Chakban Andreta compares

By the 2011 count Chakban Andreta is the 318th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 95.71 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Chakban Andreta

Chakban Andreta is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Chakban Andreta as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chakban Andreta from other places

Chakban Andreta lies about 30 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Panchrukhi, about 2.2 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 Chakban Andreta
Nearest railway station Panchrukhi 2.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Palampur 8.7 km
District headquarters Kangra 30 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 31 km

Villages closest to Chakban Andreta

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.

Common questions about Chakban Andreta

As per the Census of India 2011, Chakban Andreta village had a population of 106. That makes it the 318th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Chakban Andreta village has 46 males and 60 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chakban Andreta has about 1304 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Chakban Andreta is 176103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chakban Andreta covers 95.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chakban Andreta falls under Palampur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chakban Andreta is Panchrukhi, about 2.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Chakban Andreta.

Chakban Andreta is about 30 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chakban Andreta is in Palampur tehsil of Kangra district. Panchrukhi is about 2.2 km away. Palampur is about 8.7 km away. Kangra is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Andreta (under 2 km), Gadiar Pat (under 2 km) and Chhatar (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Chakban Andreta today is likely to be higher.

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