About Chhor Village

Chhor is a mid sized village in Fatehgarh tehsil, in the district of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,307, made up of 546 males and 761 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,394 females per 1000 males. The village covers 7597.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 345027, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chhor Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhor village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Jaisalmer
Tehsil	Fatehgarh
Pincode	345027
Area (hectares)	7597.81 hectares
Population	1,307
Male Population	546
Female Population	761
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,394
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chhor compares

By the 2011 count Chhor is the 19th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 818 residents. Its 7597.81 hectares work out to about 0.2 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 851.

Getting to Chhor

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

Chhor lies about 32 km from Jaisalmer, and the nearest railway station is Thaiyat Hamira, about 28 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 Chhor
Nearest railway station	Thaiyat Hamira	28 km
Tehsil headquarters	Fatehgarh	31 km
District headquarters	Jaisalmer	32 km

Villages closest to Chhor

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chhor village had a population of 1,307. That makes it the 19th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 818 residents.

Chhor village has 546 males and 761 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhor has about 1394 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 851.

The pincode recorded for Chhor is 345027. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chhor covers 7597.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chhor falls under Fatehgarh tehsil of Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Chhor is Thaiyat Hamira, about 28 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 Chhor.

Chhor is about 32 km from Jaisalmer in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chhor is in Fatehgarh tehsil of Jaisalmer district. Thaiyat Hamira is about 28 km away. Fatehgarh is about 31 km away. Jaisalmer is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.