About Chhainti Village

Chhainti is a small village in Dharmsala tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 150, made up of 79 males and 71 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 20.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chhainti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhainti village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dharmsala
Pincode	176001
Area (hectares)	20.31 hectares
Population	150
Male Population	79
Female Population	71
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	899
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chhainti compares

By the 2011 count Chhainti is the 127th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 626 residents. Its 20.31 hectares work out to about 7.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Chhainti

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

Chhainti lies about 25 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Balle Da Pir Larth, about 18 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 Chhainti
Nearest railway station	Balle Da Pir Larth	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dharmsala	21 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	21 km
District headquarters	Kangra	25 km

Villages closest to Chhainti

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chhainti village had a population of 150. That makes it the 127th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 626 residents.

Chhainti village has 79 males and 71 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhainti has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Chhainti is 176001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chhainti covers 20.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Chhainti falls under Dharmsala tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chhainti is Balle Da Pir Larth, about 18 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 Chhainti.

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

Chhainti is in Dharmsala tehsil of Kangra district. Balle Da Pir Larth is about 18 km away. Dharmsala is about 21 km away. Dharamsala is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.