About Chalanair Village

Chalanair is a small village in Kotkhai tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 50, made up of 25 males and 25 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chalanair Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chalanair village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Kotkhai
Pincode	171202
Area (hectares)	26 hectares
Population	50
Male Population	25
Female Population	25
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chalanair compares

By the 2011 count Chalanair is the 188th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 174 residents. Its 26 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Chalanair

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

Chalanair lies about 38 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 Chalanair
Tehsil headquarters	Kotkhai	2.1 km
District headquarters	Shimla	38 km

Villages closest to Chalanair

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chalanair village had a population of 50. That makes it the 188th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 174 residents.

Chalanair village has 25 males and 25 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chalanair has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Chalanair is 171202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chalanair covers 26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chalanair falls under Kotkhai tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Chalanair 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 village for Chalanair.

Chalanair is about 38 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chalanair is in Kotkhai tehsil of Shimla district. Kotkhai is about 2.1 km away. Shimla is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.