About Chhajwar Village

Chhajwar is a small village in Sundarnagar tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 402, made up of 209 males and 193 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 129.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chhajwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhajwar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Sundarnagar
Pincode	174401
Area (hectares)	129.37 hectares
Population	402
Male Population	209
Female Population	193
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	923
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chhajwar compares

By the 2011 count Chhajwar is the 63rd largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 549 residents. Its 129.37 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Chhajwar

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

Chhajwar lies about 24 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Kiratpur Sahib, about 47 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 Chhajwar
Tehsil headquarters	Sundarnagar	4.7 km
District headquarters	Mandi	24 km
Nearest railway station	Kiratpur Sahib	47 km

Villages closest to Chhajwar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chhajwar village had a population of 402. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 549 residents.

Chhajwar village has 209 males and 193 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhajwar has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Chhajwar is 174401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chhajwar covers 129.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chhajwar falls under Sundarnagar tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chhajwar is Kiratpur Sahib, about 47 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 Chhajwar.

Chhajwar is about 24 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chhajwar is in Sundarnagar tehsil of Mandi district. Sundarnagar is about 4.7 km away. Mandi is about 24 km away. Kiratpur Sahib is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.