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About Chaola Village

Chaola is a small village in Kasauli tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 15, made up of 6 males and 9 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,500 females per 1000 males. The village covers 11.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chaola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaola village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Solan
Tehsil Kasauli
Pincode 173209
Area (hectares) 11.85 hectares
Population 15
Male Population 6
Female Population 9
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,500
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Chaola compares

By the 2011 count Chaola is the 237th largest of the 256 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 208 residents. Its 11.85 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Chaola

The census records public bus service for Chaola as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chaola from other places

Chaola lies about 9.8 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Sonwara, about under 2 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 Chaola
Nearest railway station Sonwara under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Kasauli 4.6 km
Nearest town Kālka 8.2 km
District headquarters Solan 9.8 km

Villages closest to Chaola

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaola village had a population of 15. That makes it the 237th largest of the 256 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 208 residents.

Chaola village has 6 males and 9 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaola has about 1500 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Chaola is 173209. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chaola covers 11.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chaola falls under Kasauli tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chaola is Sonwara, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Chaola.

Chaola is about 9.8 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaola is in Kasauli tehsil of Solan district. Sonwara is about under 2 km away. Kasauli is about 4.6 km away. Kālka is about 8.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Manjher (under 2 km), Sujia Charjan (under 2 km) and Sanwara (under 2 km).

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

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