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About Cheli Village

Cheli is a small village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 309, made up of 153 males and 156 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 53.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176066, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Cheli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Cheli village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Palampur
Pincode 176066
Area (hectares) 53.92 hectares
Population 309
Male Population 153
Female Population 156
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,020
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Cheli compares

By the 2011 count Cheli is the 209th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 53.92 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Cheli

Cheli is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Cheli 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Cheli from other places

Cheli lies about 16 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Chamunda Marg, about 2.1 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 Cheli
Nearest railway station Chamunda Marg 2.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Palampur 11 km
District headquarters Kangra 16 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 17 km

Villages closest to Cheli

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

Common questions about Cheli

As per the Census of India 2011, Cheli village had a population of 309. That makes it the 209th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Cheli village has 153 males and 156 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Cheli has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Cheli is 176066. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Cheli covers 53.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Cheli falls under Palampur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Cheli is Chamunda Marg, about 2.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Cheli.

Cheli is about 16 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Cheli is in Palampur tehsil of Kangra district. Chamunda Marg is about 2.1 km away. Palampur is about 11 km away. Kangra is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chahr Khola (under 2 km), Darang Khas (under 2 km) and Dholta (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Cheli today is likely to be higher.

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