About Chapruhi Village

Chapruhi is a small village in Rakkar tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 83, made up of 44 males and 39 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 27.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177043, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chapruhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chapruhi village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Rakkar
Pincode	177043
Area (hectares)	27.88 hectares
Population	83
Male Population	44
Female Population	39
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chapruhi compares

By the 2011 count Chapruhi is the 92nd largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 27.88 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1059.

Getting to Chapruhi

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

Chapruhi lies about 38 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Amb Andaura, about 20 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 Chapruhi
Nearest railway station	Amb Andaura	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rakkar	33 km
District headquarters	Kangra	38 km
Nearest town	Nangal	41 km

Villages closest to Chapruhi

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 Chapruhi

As per the Census of India 2011, Chapruhi village had a population of 83. That makes it the 92nd largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Chapruhi village has 44 males and 39 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chapruhi has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1059.

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

Chapruhi covers 27.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Chapruhi is Amb Andaura, about 20 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 Chapruhi.

Chapruhi is about 38 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chapruhi is in Rakkar tehsil of Kangra district. Amb Andaura is about 20 km away. Rakkar is about 33 km away. Kangra is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.