About Chhokar Village

Chhokar is a small village in Lahul tehsil, in the district of Lahul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 25, made up of 12 males and 13 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,083 females per 1000 males. The village covers 4.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175140, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chhokar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhokar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Lahul and Spiti
Tehsil	Lahul
Pincode	175140
Area (hectares)	4.34 hectares
Population	25
Male Population	12
Female Population	13
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,083
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chhokar compares

By the 2011 count Chhokar is the 89th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 78 residents. Its 4.34 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Chhokar

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

Chhokar lies about 80 km from Lahul and Spiti, and the nearest railway station is Joginder Nagar, about 7.3 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 Chhokar
Nearest railway station	Joginder Nagar	7.3 km
Nearest town	Mandi	28 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lahul	32 km
District headquarters	Lahul and Spiti	80 km

Villages closest to Chhokar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chhokar village had a population of 25. That makes it the 89th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 78 residents.

Chhokar village has 12 males and 13 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhokar has about 1083 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Chhokar is 175140. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chhokar covers 4.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Chhokar is Joginder Nagar, about 7.3 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 Chhokar.

Chhokar is about 80 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.

Chhokar is in Lahul tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district. Joginder Nagar is about 7.3 km away. Mandi is about 28 km away. Lahul is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.