About Chamba Khas Village

Chamba Khas is a small village in Rakkar tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 249, made up of 124 males and 125 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 91.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177743, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chamba Khas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chamba Khas village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Rakkar
Pincode	177743
Area (hectares)	91.69 hectares
Population	249
Male Population	124
Female Population	125
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,008
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chamba Khas compares

By the 2011 count Chamba Khas is the 43rd largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 91.69 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1059.

Getting to Chamba Khas

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

Chamba Khas lies about 30 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Tripal, about 21 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 Chamba Khas
Nearest railway station	Tripal	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rakkar	28 km
District headquarters	Kangra	30 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	38 km

Villages closest to Chamba Khas

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 Chamba Khas

As per the Census of India 2011, Chamba Khas village had a population of 249. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Chamba Khas village has 124 males and 125 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chamba Khas has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1059.

The pincode recorded for Chamba Khas is 177743. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chamba Khas covers 91.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chamba Khas falls under Rakkar tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chamba Khas is Tripal, about 21 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 Chamba Khas.

Chamba Khas 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.

Chamba Khas is in Rakkar tehsil of Kangra district. Tripal is about 21 km away. Rakkar is about 28 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.