About Cholling Village

Cholling is a mid sized village in Nichar tehsil, in the district of Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 514, made up of 330 males and 184 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 558 females per 1000 males. The village covers 217.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172104, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Cholling Overview

Census 2011 figures for Cholling village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kinnaur
Tehsil	Nichar
Pincode	172104
Area (hectares)	217.6 hectares
Population	514
Male Population	330
Female Population	184
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	558
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Cholling compares

By the 2011 count Cholling is the 17th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 326 residents. Its 217.6 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 915.

Getting to Cholling

Cholling is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Cholling as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Cholling from other places

Cholling lies about 16 km from Kinnaur. 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 Cholling
Tehsil headquarters	Nichar	16 km
District headquarters	Kinnaur	16 km
Nearest town	Shimla	103 km

Villages closest to Cholling

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Cholling village had a population of 514. That makes it the 17th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 326 residents.

Cholling village has 330 males and 184 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Cholling has about 558 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 915.

The pincode recorded for Cholling is 172104. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Cholling covers 217.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Cholling falls under Nichar tehsil of Kinnaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Cholling notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Cholling.

Cholling is about 16 km from Kinnaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Cholling is in Nichar tehsil of Kinnaur district. Nichar is about 16 km away. Kinnaur is about 16 km away. Shimla is about 103 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.