About Chunar Village

Chunar is a small village in Pachhad tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 181, made up of 99 males and 82 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 828 females per 1000 males. The village covers 196 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chunar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chunar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Pachhad
Pincode	173101
Area (hectares)	196 hectares
Population	181
Male Population	99
Female Population	82
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	828
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chunar compares

By the 2011 count Chunar is the 105th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 206 residents. Its 196 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Chunar

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

Chunar lies about 34 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 47 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 Chunar
Nearest town	Pāonta Sāhib	31 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pachhad	34 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	34 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	47 km

Villages closest to Chunar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chunar village had a population of 181. That makes it the 105th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 206 residents.

Chunar village has 99 males and 82 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chunar has about 828 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Chunar is 173101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chunar covers 196 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.

Chunar falls under Pachhad tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chunar is Dehradun, about 47 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 Chunar.

Chunar is about 34 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chunar is in Pachhad tehsil of Sirmaur district. Pāonta Sāhib is about 31 km away. Pachhad is about 34 km away. Sirmaur is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.