About Charonta Village

Charonta is a small village in Kumharsain tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 31, made up of 17 males and 14 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 824 females per 1000 males. The village covers 20.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172030, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Charonta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Charonta village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Kumharsain
Pincode	172030
Area (hectares)	20.93 hectares
Population	31
Male Population	17
Female Population	14
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	824
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Charonta compares

By the 2011 count Charonta is the 157th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 248 residents. Its 20.93 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Charonta

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

Charonta lies about 42 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 Charonta
Tehsil headquarters	Kumharsain	6.2 km
District headquarters	Shimla	42 km

Villages closest to Charonta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Charonta village had a population of 31. That makes it the 157th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 248 residents.

Charonta village has 17 males and 14 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Charonta has about 824 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Charonta is 172030. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Charonta covers 20.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Charonta falls under Kumharsain tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Charonta 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 Charonta.

Charonta is about 42 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Charonta is in Kumharsain tehsil of Shimla district. Kumharsain is about 6.2 km away. Shimla is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.