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About Chamrat Village

Chamrat is a small village in Udaipur tehsil, in the district of Lahul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 152, made up of 75 males and 77 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,027 females per 1000 males. The village covers 128.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175142, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chamrat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chamrat village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Lahul and Spiti
Tehsil Udaipur
Pincode 175142
Area (hectares) 128.68 hectares
Population 152
Male Population 75
Female Population 77
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,027
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chamrat compares

By the 2011 count Chamrat is the 16th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 135 residents. Its 128.68 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Chamrat

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

Chamrat lies about 38 km from Lahul and Spiti, and the nearest railway station is Chamunda Marg, about 80 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 Chamrat
Tehsil headquarters Udaipur 8.8 km
District headquarters Lahul and Spiti 38 km
Nearest town Chamba 61 km
Nearest railway station Chamunda Marg 80 km

Villages closest to Chamrat

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

Common questions about Chamrat

As per the Census of India 2011, Chamrat village had a population of 152. That makes it the 16th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 135 residents.

Chamrat village has 75 males and 77 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chamrat has about 1027 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Chamrat is 175142. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chamrat covers 128.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chamrat falls under Udaipur tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chamrat is Chamunda Marg, about 80 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 10+ km distance for Chamrat.

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

Chamrat is in Udaipur tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district. Udaipur is about 8.8 km away. Lahul and Spiti is about 38 km away. Chamba is about 61 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are D P F Chamrat (under 2 km), D P F Shiling (under 2 km) and Sheling (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Chamrat today is likely to be higher.

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