About Chhimkar Village

Chhimkar is a small village in Khundian tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 95, made up of 51 males and 44 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 863 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176032, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chhimkar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhimkar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Khundian
Pincode	176032
Area (hectares)	55.11 hectares
Population	95
Male Population	51
Female Population	44
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	863
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chhimkar compares

By the 2011 count Chhimkar is the 138th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 178 residents. Its 55.11 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1070.

Getting to Chhimkar

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

Chhimkar lies about 33 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 27 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 Chhimkar
Tehsil headquarters	Khundian	11 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	27 km
District headquarters	Kangra	33 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	45 km

Villages closest to Chhimkar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chhimkar village had a population of 95. That makes it the 138th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 178 residents.

Chhimkar village has 51 males and 44 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhimkar has about 863 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1070.

The pincode recorded for Chhimkar is 176032. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chhimkar covers 55.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chhimkar falls under Khundian tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chhimkar is Jawalamukhi Road, about 27 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 Chhimkar.

Chhimkar is about 33 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chhimkar is in Khundian tehsil of Kangra district. Khundian is about 11 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 27 km away. Kangra is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.