About Gri Jindu Village

Gri Jindu is a small village in Bhalai tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 178, made up of 94 males and 84 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 499 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gri Jindu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gri Jindu village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Bhalai
Pincode	176312
Area (hectares)	499 hectares
Population	178
Male Population	94
Female Population	84
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	894
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gri Jindu compares

By the 2011 count Gri Jindu is the 60th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 325 residents. Its 499 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 1020.

Getting to Gri Jindu

Gri Jindu is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gri Jindu as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Gri Jindu from other places

Gri Jindu lies about 25 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, 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 Gri Jindu
Tehsil headquarters	Bhalai	11 km
District headquarters	Chamba	25 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	50 km

Villages closest to Gri Jindu

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bhalai 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 Gri Jindu

As per the Census of India 2011, Gri Jindu village had a population of 178. That makes it the 60th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 325 residents.

Gri Jindu village has 94 males and 84 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gri Jindu has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Gri Jindu is 176312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gri Jindu covers 499 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gri Jindu falls under Bhalai tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gri Jindu is Nurpur Road, 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 5 - 10 km distance for Gri Jindu.

Gri Jindu is about 25 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gri Jindu is in Bhalai tehsil of Chamba district. Bhalai is about 11 km away. Chamba is about 25 km away. Nurpur Road is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.