About Chopala Village

Chopala is a small village in Kumharsain tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 127, made up of 56 males and 71 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,268 females per 1000 males. The village covers 89.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171212, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chopala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chopala village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Kumharsain
Pincode	171212
Area (hectares)	89.65 hectares
Population	127
Male Population	56
Female Population	71
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,268
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chopala compares

By the 2011 count Chopala is the 115th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 248 residents. Its 89.65 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Chopala

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

Chopala lies about 12 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 Chopala
District headquarters	Shimla	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kumharsain	24 km

Villages closest to Chopala

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 Chopala

As per the Census of India 2011, Chopala village had a population of 127. That makes it the 115th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 248 residents.

Chopala village has 56 males and 71 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chopala has about 1268 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Chopala is 171212. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chopala covers 89.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Chopala 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 Chopala.

Chopala is about 12 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chopala is in Kumharsain tehsil of Shimla district. Shimla is about 12 km away. Kumharsain is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.