About Chhani Village

Chhani is a mid sized village in Maudaha tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,709, made up of 927 males and 782 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 844 females per 1000 males. The village covers 773.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 210506, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chhani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhani village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Maudaha
Pincode	210506
Area (hectares)	773.71 hectares
Population	1,709
Male Population	927
Female Population	782
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	844
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 Chhani compares

By the 2011 count Chhani is the 74th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,090 residents. Its 773.71 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 859.

Getting to Chhani

Chhani is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Chhani 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 Chhani from other places

Chhani lies about 21 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 22 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 Chhani
Tehsil headquarters	Maudaha	21 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	21 km
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	22 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	42 km

Villages closest to Chhani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chhani village had a population of 1,709. That makes it the 74th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,090 residents.

Chhani village has 927 males and 782 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhani has about 844 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 859.

The pincode recorded for Chhani is 210506. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chhani covers 773.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chhani falls under Maudaha tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chhani is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 22 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 Chhani.

Chhani is about 21 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chhani is in Maudaha tehsil of Hamirpur district. Maudaha is about 21 km away. Hamirpur is about 21 km away. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.