About D P F Chalon Village

D P F Chalon is a small village in Nihri tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 26, made up of 16 males and 10 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 625 females per 1000 males. The village covers 34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175038, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

D P F Chalon Overview

Census 2011 figures for D P F Chalon village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Nihri
Pincode	175038
Area (hectares)	34 hectares
Population	26
Male Population	16
Female Population	10
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	625
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How D P F Chalon compares

By the 2011 count D P F Chalon is the 153rd largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 176 residents. Its 34 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to D P F Chalon

D P F Chalon is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for D P F Chalon as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 D P F Chalon from other places

D P F Chalon lies about 43 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Shimla, about 44 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 D P F Chalon
Tehsil headquarters	Nihri	25 km
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	38 km
District headquarters	Mandi	43 km
Nearest railway station	Shimla	44 km

Villages closest to D P F Chalon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nihri 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 D P F Chalon

As per the Census of India 2011, D P F Chalon village had a population of 26. That makes it the 153rd largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 176 residents.

D P F Chalon village has 16 males and 10 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, D P F Chalon has about 625 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for D P F Chalon is 175038. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

D P F Chalon covers 34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

D P F Chalon falls under Nihri tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to D P F Chalon is Shimla, about 44 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for D P F Chalon.

D P F Chalon is about 43 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

D P F Chalon is in Nihri tehsil of Mandi district. Nihri is about 25 km away. Sundarnagar is about 38 km away. Mandi is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.