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About Chapla Village

Chapla is a small village in Kandaghat tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 30, made up of 18 males and 12 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 667 females per 1000 males. The village covers 77.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chapla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chapla village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Solan
Tehsil Kandaghat
Pincode 173222
Area (hectares) 77.26 hectares
Population 30
Male Population 18
Female Population 12
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 667
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chapla compares

By the 2011 count Chapla is the 225th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 153 residents. Its 77.26 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 967.

Getting to Chapla

Chapla is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chapla as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Chapla from other places

Chapla lies about 10 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Dharampur Himachal, about 4.7 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 Chapla
Nearest railway station Dharampur Himachal 4.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Kandaghat 10 km
District headquarters Solan 10 km

Villages closest to Chapla

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chapla village had a population of 30. That makes it the 225th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 153 residents.

Chapla village has 18 males and 12 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chapla has about 667 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Chapla is 173222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chapla covers 77.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chapla falls under Kandaghat tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chapla is Dharampur Himachal, about 4.7 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 <5 km distance for Chapla.

Chapla is about 10 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chapla is in Kandaghat tehsil of Solan district. Dharampur Himachal is about 4.7 km away. Kandaghat is about 10 km away. Solan is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kothi (2.0 km), Pairi (3.1 km) and Bharech (3.7 km).

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

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