About Chhau Village

Chhau is a small village in Kalsi tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 238, made up of 131 males and 107 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 817 females per 1000 males. The village covers 350.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248158, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chhau Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhau village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Kalsi
Pincode	248158
Area (hectares)	350.3 hectares
Population	238
Male Population	131
Female Population	107
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	817
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chhau compares

By the 2011 count Chhau is the 67th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 350.3 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 948.

Getting to Chhau

Chhau is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Chhau as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Chhau from other places

Chhau lies about 60 km from Dehradun, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 50 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 Chhau
Nearest town	Nāhan	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kalsi	32 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	50 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	60 km

Villages closest to Chhau

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chhau village had a population of 238. That makes it the 67th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Chhau village has 131 males and 107 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhau has about 817 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Chhau is 248158. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chhau covers 350.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chhau falls under Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Chhau is Salogra, about 50 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Chhau.

Chhau is about 60 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chhau is in Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district. Nāhan is about 26 km away. Kalsi is about 32 km away. Salogra is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.