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About Chahar Village

Chahar is a small village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 212, made up of 113 males and 99 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chahar village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Garhshankar
Pincode 144404
Area (hectares) 42 hectares
Population 212
Male Population 113
Female Population 99
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 876
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Chahar compares

By the 2011 count Chahar is the 258th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 42 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Chahar

Chahar is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Chahar as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Chahar from other places

Chahar lies about 24 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Kultham Abdulla Shah, about 13 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 Chahar
Nearest railway station Kultham Abdulla Shah 13 km
Nearest town Phagwāra 15 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 24 km
Tehsil headquarters Garhshankar 27 km

Villages closest to Chahar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chahar village had a population of 212. That makes it the 258th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Chahar village has 113 males and 99 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chahar has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Chahar is 144404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chahar covers 42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chahar falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Chahar is Kultham Abdulla Shah, about 13 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 village for Chahar.

Chahar is about 24 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chahar is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Kultham Abdulla Shah is about 13 km away. Phagwāra is about 15 km away. Hoshiarpur 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 Thandal (under 2 km), Jalwehra (under 2 km) and Ajnoha (1.5 km).

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

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