About Chalah Village

Chalah is a small village in Rakkar tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 179, made up of 93 males and 86 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 56.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177043, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chalah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chalah village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Rakkar
Pincode	177043
Area (hectares)	56.91 hectares
Population	179
Male Population	93
Female Population	86
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	925
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chalah compares

By the 2011 count Chalah is the 66th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 56.91 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1059.

Getting to Chalah

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

Chalah lies about 25 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 16 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 Chalah
Tehsil headquarters	Rakkar	10 km
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	16 km
District headquarters	Kangra	25 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	35 km

Villages closest to Chalah

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chalah village had a population of 179. That makes it the 66th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Chalah village has 93 males and 86 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chalah has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1059.

The pincode recorded for Chalah is 177043. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chalah covers 56.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chalah falls under Rakkar tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chalah is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 16 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 Chalah.

Chalah 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.

Chalah is in Rakkar tehsil of Kangra district. Rakkar is about 10 km away. Sulah Himachal Pradesh 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.