About Chambi Village

Chambi is a small village in Dalhousie tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 304, made up of 152 males and 152 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 169.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chambi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chambi village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Dalhousie
Pincode	176303
Area (hectares)	169.04 hectares
Population	304
Male Population	152
Female Population	152
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chambi compares

By the 2011 count Chambi is the 43rd largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 304 residents. Its 169.04 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Chambi

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

Chambi lies about 2.5 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 41 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 Chambi
District headquarters	Chamba	2.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dalhousie	16 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	41 km

Villages closest to Chambi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chambi village had a population of 304. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 304 residents.

Chambi village has 152 males and 152 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chambi has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Chambi is 176303. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chambi covers 169.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chambi falls under Dalhousie tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chambi is Nurpur Road, about 41 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 Chambi.

Chambi is about 2.5 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chambi is in Dalhousie tehsil of Chamba district. Chamba is about 2.5 km away. Dalhousie is about 16 km away. Nurpur Road is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.