About Chambi Village

Chambi is a small village in Dhira tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 267, made up of 147 males and 120 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 816 females per 1000 males. The village covers 85.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176065, 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	Kangra
Tehsil	Dhira
Pincode	176065
Area (hectares)	85.86 hectares
Population	267
Male Population	147
Female Population	120
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	816
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 27th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 85.86 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1176.

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 11 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kangra Mandir, about 12 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
Nearest town	Dharamsala	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhira	11 km
District headquarters	Kangra	11 km
Nearest railway station	Kangra Mandir	12 km

Villages closest to Chambi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhira 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 267. That makes it the 27th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Chambi village has 147 males and 120 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chambi has about 816 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1176.

The pincode recorded for Chambi is 176065. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chambi covers 85.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chambi falls under Dhira tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chambi is Kangra Mandir, about 12 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 11 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chambi is in Dhira tehsil of Kangra district. Dharamsala is about 10 km away. Dhira is about 11 km away. Kangra is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.