About Charen Village

Charen is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 234, made up of 116 males and 118 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 142.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Charen Overview

Census 2011 figures for Charen village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Theog
Pincode	171220
Area (hectares)	142.95 hectares
Population	234
Male Population	116
Female Population	118
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,017
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Charen compares

By the 2011 count Charen is the 122nd largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 142.95 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 990.

Getting to Charen

Charen is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Charen as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Charen from other places

Charen lies about 23 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 Charen
Tehsil headquarters	Theog	5.8 km
District headquarters	Shimla	23 km

Villages closest to Charen

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Charen village had a population of 234. That makes it the 122nd largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Charen village has 116 males and 118 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Charen has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Charen is 171220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Charen covers 142.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Charen falls under Theog tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Charen 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 10+ km distance for Charen.

Charen is about 23 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Charen is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 5.8 km away. Shimla is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.