About Chaflan Village

Chaflan is a small village in Chaupal tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 232, made up of 117 males and 115 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 983 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171211, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chaflan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaflan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Chaupal
Pincode	171211
Area (hectares)	95.82 hectares
Population	232
Male Population	117
Female Population	115
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	983
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chaflan compares

By the 2011 count Chaflan is the 46th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 185 residents. Its 95.82 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Chaflan

Chaflan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chaflan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Chaflan from other places

Chaflan lies about 20 km from Shimla. 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 Chaflan
District headquarters	Shimla	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chaupal	34 km

Villages closest to Chaflan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaflan village had a population of 232. That makes it the 46th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 185 residents.

Chaflan village has 117 males and 115 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaflan has about 983 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Chaflan is 171211. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chaflan covers 95.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chaflan falls under Chaupal tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Chaflan notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Chaflan.

Chaflan is about 20 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaflan is in Chaupal tehsil of Shimla district. Shimla is about 20 km away. Chaupal is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.