About Chandes Village

Chandes is a small village in Bhadrota tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 288, made up of 143 males and 145 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 63.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175049, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chandes Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chandes village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Bhadrota
Pincode	175049
Area (hectares)	63.19 hectares
Population	288
Male Population	143
Female Population	145
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,014
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chandes compares

By the 2011 count Chandes is the 27th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 234 residents. Its 63.19 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Chandes

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

Chandes lies about 18 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Joginder Nagar, about 39 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 Chandes
Tehsil headquarters	Bhadrota	4.9 km
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	18 km
District headquarters	Mandi	18 km
Nearest railway station	Joginder Nagar	39 km

Villages closest to Chandes

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chandes village had a population of 288. That makes it the 27th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 234 residents.

Chandes village has 143 males and 145 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chandes has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1032.

The pincode recorded for Chandes is 175049. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chandes covers 63.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chandes falls under Bhadrota tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chandes is Joginder Nagar, about 39 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 Chandes.

Chandes is about 18 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chandes is in Bhadrota tehsil of Mandi district. Bhadrota is about 4.9 km away. Sundarnagar is about 18 km away. Mandi is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.