About Chandru Village

Chandru is a small village in Sundarnagar tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 455, made up of 223 males and 232 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,040 females per 1000 males. The village covers 90.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chandru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chandru village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Sundarnagar
Pincode	174401
Area (hectares)	90.43 hectares
Population	455
Male Population	223
Female Population	232
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,040
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chandru compares

By the 2011 count Chandru is the 56th largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 549 residents. Its 90.43 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Chandru

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

Chandru lies about 26 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Olinda, about 36 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 Chandru
Tehsil headquarters	Sundarnagar	13 km
District headquarters	Mandi	26 km
Nearest railway station	Olinda	36 km

Villages closest to Chandru

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 Chandru

As per the Census of India 2011, Chandru village had a population of 455. That makes it the 56th largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 549 residents.

Chandru village has 223 males and 232 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chandru has about 1040 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 993.

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

Chandru covers 90.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Chandru is Olinda, about 36 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 Chandru.

Chandru is about 26 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chandru is in Sundarnagar tehsil of Mandi district. Sundarnagar is about 13 km away. Mandi is about 26 km away. Olinda is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.