About Chanog Village

Chanog is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 170, made up of 88 males and 82 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 932 females per 1000 males. The village covers 78.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171011, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chanog Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chanog village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171011
Area (hectares)	78.36 hectares
Population	170
Male Population	88
Female Population	82
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	932
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chanog compares

By the 2011 count Chanog is the 139th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 78.36 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Chanog

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

Chanog lies about 20 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 18 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 Chanog
Nearest railway station	Jutogh	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	20 km
District headquarters	Shimla	20 km

Villages closest to Chanog

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shimla Rural 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 Chanog

As per the Census of India 2011, Chanog village had a population of 170. That makes it the 139th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Chanog village has 88 males and 82 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chanog has about 932 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Chanog is 171011. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chanog covers 78.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chanog falls under Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chanog is Jutogh, about 18 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Chanog.

Chanog is about 20 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chanog is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Jutogh is about 18 km away. Shimla Rural is about 20 km away. Shimla is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.