About Chander Village

Chander is a small village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 292, made up of 119 males and 173 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,454 females per 1000 males. The village covers 71.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176092, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chander Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chander village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Palampur
Pincode	176092
Area (hectares)	71.86 hectares
Population	292
Male Population	119
Female Population	173
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,454
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chander compares

By the 2011 count Chander is the 215th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 71.86 hectares work out to about 4.1 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 Chander

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

Chander lies about 25 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 9.6 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 Chander
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	9.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Palampur	16 km
District headquarters	Kangra	25 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	31 km

Villages closest to Chander

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 Chander

As per the Census of India 2011, Chander village had a population of 292. That makes it the 215th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Chander village has 119 males and 173 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chander has about 1454 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1062.

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

Chander covers 71.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Chander is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 9.6 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 Chander.

Chander is about 25 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chander is in Palampur tehsil of Kangra district. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 9.6 km away. Palampur is about 16 km away. Kangra is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.