About Chauli Village

Chauli is a mid sized village in Rakkar tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 527, made up of 241 males and 286 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,187 females per 1000 males. The village covers 115.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177043, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chauli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chauli village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Rakkar
Pincode	177043
Area (hectares)	115.1 hectares
Population	527
Male Population	241
Female Population	286
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,187
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chauli compares

By the 2011 count Chauli is the 15th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 115.1 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1059.

Getting to Chauli

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

Chauli lies about 19 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 Chauli
Tehsil headquarters	Rakkar	10 km
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	16 km
District headquarters	Kangra	19 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	30 km

Villages closest to Chauli

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 Chauli

As per the Census of India 2011, Chauli village had a population of 527. That makes it the 15th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Chauli village has 241 males and 286 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chauli has about 1187 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1059.

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

Chauli covers 115.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Chauli 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 Chauli.

Chauli is about 19 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chauli is in Rakkar tehsil of Kangra district. Rakkar is about 10 km away. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 16 km away. Kangra is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.