About Chohan Village

Chohan is a small village in Kumharsain tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 11, made up of 8 males and 3 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 375 females per 1000 males. The village covers 39.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172030, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chohan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chohan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Kumharsain
Pincode	172030
Area (hectares)	39.62 hectares
Population	11
Male Population	8
Female Population	3
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	375
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chohan compares

By the 2011 count Chohan is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 248 residents. Its 39.62 hectares work out to about 0.3 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 Chohan

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

Chohan 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 Chohan
Tehsil headquarters	Kumharsain	6.8 km
District headquarters	Shimla	42 km

Villages closest to Chohan

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 Chohan

As per the Census of India 2011, Chohan village had a population of 11. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 248 residents.

Chohan village has 8 males and 3 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chohan has about 375 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 Chohan is 172030. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chohan covers 39.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Chohan 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 Chohan.

Chohan 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.

Chohan is in Kumharsain tehsil of Shimla district. Kumharsain is about 6.8 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.