About Chareu Village

Chareu is a small village in Kamrau tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 467, made up of 241 males and 226 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 107.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173025, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chareu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chareu village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Kamrau
Pincode	173025
Area (hectares)	107.61 hectares
Population	467
Male Population	241
Female Population	226
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	938
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chareu compares

By the 2011 count Chareu is the 32nd largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 824 residents. Its 107.61 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Chareu

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

Chareu lies about 24 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 51 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 Chareu
Tehsil headquarters	Kamrau	4.5 km
Nearest town	Pāonta Sāhib	23 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	24 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	51 km

Villages closest to Chareu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chareu village had a population of 467. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 824 residents.

Chareu village has 241 males and 226 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chareu has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Chareu is 173025. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chareu covers 107.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chareu falls under Kamrau tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chareu is Dehradun, about 51 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 Chareu.

Chareu is about 24 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chareu is in Kamrau tehsil of Sirmaur district. Kamrau is about 4.5 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 23 km away. Sirmaur is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.