About Chiar Village

Chiar is a small village in Ramshahr tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 91, made up of 44 males and 47 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,068 females per 1000 males. The village covers 28.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chiar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chiar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Ramshahr
Pincode	174102
Area (hectares)	28.65 hectares
Population	91
Male Population	44
Female Population	47
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,068
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chiar compares

By the 2011 count Chiar is the 129th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 151 residents. Its 28.65 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Chiar

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

Chiar lies about 18 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Jabli, about 7.7 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 Chiar
Nearest railway station	Jabli	7.7 km
Nearest town	Kālka	8.5 km
District headquarters	Solan	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ramshahr	23 km

Villages closest to Chiar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chiar village had a population of 91. That makes it the 129th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 151 residents.

Chiar village has 44 males and 47 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chiar has about 1068 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Chiar is 174102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chiar covers 28.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chiar falls under Ramshahr tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chiar is Jabli, about 7.7 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 village for Chiar.

Chiar is about 18 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chiar is in Ramshahr tehsil of Solan district. Jabli is about 7.7 km away. Kālka is about 8.5 km away. Solan is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.