About Brahan Chunkhar Village

Brahan Chunkhar is a small village in Dadahu tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 171, made up of 86 males and 85 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 988 females per 1000 males. The village covers 199 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173022, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Brahan Chunkhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Brahan Chunkhar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Dadahu
Pincode	173022
Area (hectares)	199 hectares
Population	171
Male Population	86
Female Population	85
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	988
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Brahan Chunkhar compares

By the 2011 count Brahan Chunkhar is the 37th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 242 residents. Its 199 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Brahan Chunkhar

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

Brahan Chunkhar lies about 6.3 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Barog, about 40 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 Brahan Chunkhar
District headquarters	Sirmaur	6.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dadahu	6.8 km
Nearest town	Nāhan	14 km
Nearest railway station	Barog	40 km

Villages closest to Brahan Chunkhar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dadahu 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 Brahan Chunkhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Brahan Chunkhar village had a population of 171. That makes it the 37th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 242 residents.

Brahan Chunkhar village has 86 males and 85 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Brahan Chunkhar has about 988 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Brahan Chunkhar is 173022. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Brahan Chunkhar covers 199 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Brahan Chunkhar falls under Dadahu tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Brahan Chunkhar is Barog, about 40 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 Brahan Chunkhar.

Brahan Chunkhar is about 6.3 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Brahan Chunkhar is in Dadahu tehsil of Sirmaur district. Sirmaur is about 6.3 km away. Dadahu is about 6.8 km away. Nāhan is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.