About Chhitkul Village

Chhitkul is a mid sized village in Sangla tehsil, in the district of Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 582, made up of 317 males and 265 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 836 females per 1000 males. The village covers 335 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172106, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chhitkul Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhitkul village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kinnaur
Tehsil	Sangla
Pincode	172106
Area (hectares)	335 hectares
Population	582
Male Population	317
Female Population	265
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	836
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chhitkul compares

By the 2011 count Chhitkul is the 10th largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 434 residents. Its 335 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, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 815.

Getting to Chhitkul

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

Chhitkul lies about 30 km from Kinnaur, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 122 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 Chhitkul
Tehsil headquarters	Sangla	18 km
District headquarters	Kinnaur	30 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	106 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	122 km

Villages closest to Chhitkul

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chhitkul village had a population of 582. That makes it the 10th largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 434 residents.

Chhitkul village has 317 males and 265 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhitkul has about 836 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 815.

The pincode recorded for Chhitkul is 172106. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chhitkul covers 335 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.

Chhitkul falls under Sangla tehsil of Kinnaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chhitkul is Dehradun, about 122 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 Chhitkul.

Chhitkul is about 30 km from Kinnaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chhitkul is in Sangla tehsil of Kinnaur district. Sangla is about 18 km away. Kinnaur is about 30 km away. Mussoorie is about 106 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.