About Dhar Chari Village

Dhar Chari is a small village in Cheta tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 124, made up of 70 males and 54 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 771 females per 1000 males. The village covers 52.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171217, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhar Chari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhar Chari village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Cheta
Pincode	171217
Area (hectares)	52.72 hectares
Population	124
Male Population	70
Female Population	54
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	771
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 Dhar Chari compares

By the 2011 count Dhar Chari is the 46th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 336 residents. Its 52.72 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Dhar Chari

Dhar Chari is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Dhar Chari 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 Dhar Chari from other places

Dhar Chari lies about 25 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 7.5 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 Dhar Chari
Nearest town	Solan	7.4 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	7.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Cheta	25 km
District headquarters	Shimla	25 km

Villages closest to Dhar Chari

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Cheta 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 Dhar Chari

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhar Chari village had a population of 124. That makes it the 46th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 336 residents.

Dhar Chari village has 70 males and 54 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhar Chari has about 771 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Dhar Chari is 171217. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhar Chari covers 52.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhar Chari falls under Cheta tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dhar Chari is Salogra, about 7.5 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 Dhar Chari.

Dhar Chari is about 25 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhar Chari is in Cheta tehsil of Shimla district. Solan is about 7.4 km away. Salogra is about 7.5 km away. Cheta is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.