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About Chandpur Village

Chandpur is a small village in Paonta Sahib tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 248, made up of 131 males and 117 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 44.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173020, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chandpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chandpur village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Sirmaur
Tehsil Paonta Sahib
Pincode 173020
Area (hectares) 44.01 hectares
Population 248
Male Population 131
Female Population 117
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 893
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chandpur compares

By the 2011 count Chandpur is the 119th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 943 residents. Its 44.01 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Chandpur

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

Chandpur lies about 24 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Yamunanagar Jagadhri, about 50 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 Chandpur
Tehsil headquarters Paonta Sahib 11 km
Nearest town Pāonta Sāhib 11 km
District headquarters Sirmaur 24 km
Nearest railway station Yamunanagar Jagadhri 50 km

Villages closest to Chandpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Paonta Sahib 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.

Common questions about Chandpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Chandpur village had a population of 248. That makes it the 119th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 943 residents.

Chandpur village has 131 males and 117 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chandpur has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 915.

The pincode recorded for Chandpur is 173020. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chandpur covers 44.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chandpur falls under Paonta Sahib tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chandpur is Yamunanagar Jagadhri, about 50 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 Chandpur.

Chandpur 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.

Chandpur is in Paonta Sahib tehsil of Sirmaur district. Paonta Sahib is about 11 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 11 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.

The closest recorded villages are Byas (under 2 km), Majra (1.9 km) and Fatehpur (2.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Chandpur today is likely to be higher.

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