About Chhamb Village

Chhamb is a small village in Harchakian tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 202, made up of 100 males and 102 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 131.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chhamb Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhamb village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Harchakian
Pincode	176210
Area (hectares)	131.78 hectares
Population	202
Male Population	100
Female Population	102
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,020
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chhamb compares

By the 2011 count Chhamb is the 31st largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 131.78 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1124.

Getting to Chhamb

Chhamb is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chhamb as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Chhamb from other places

Chhamb lies about 23 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Nagrota Suriyan, about 6.7 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 Chhamb
Nearest railway station	Nagrota Suriyan	6.7 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Harchakian	23 km
District headquarters	Kangra	23 km

Villages closest to Chhamb

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chhamb village had a population of 202. That makes it the 31st largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Chhamb village has 100 males and 102 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhamb has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1124.

The pincode recorded for Chhamb is 176210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chhamb covers 131.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chhamb falls under Harchakian tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chhamb is Nagrota Suriyan, about 6.7 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Chhamb.

Chhamb is about 23 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chhamb is in Harchakian tehsil of Kangra district. Nagrota Suriyan is about 6.7 km away. Talwāra is about 16 km away. Harchakian is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.