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About Chathinal Village

Chathinal is a small village in Thunag tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 232, made up of 115 males and 117 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 162.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175054, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chathinal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chathinal village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Mandi
Tehsil Thunag
Pincode 175054
Area (hectares) 162.59 hectares
Population 232
Male Population 115
Female Population 117
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,017
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chathinal compares

By the 2011 count Chathinal is the 87th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 287 residents. Its 162.59 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Chathinal

Chathinal is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chathinal as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Chathinal from other places

Chathinal lies about 41 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Summer Hill, about 44 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 Chathinal
Tehsil headquarters Thunag 13 km
Nearest town Sundarnagar 36 km
District headquarters Mandi 41 km
Nearest railway station Summer Hill 44 km

Villages closest to Chathinal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chathinal village had a population of 232. That makes it the 87th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 287 residents.

Chathinal village has 115 males and 117 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chathinal has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Chathinal is 175054. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chathinal covers 162.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chathinal falls under Thunag tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chathinal is Summer Hill, about 44 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 5 - 10 km distance for Chathinal.

Chathinal is about 41 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chathinal is in Thunag tehsil of Mandi district. Thunag is about 13 km away. Sundarnagar is about 36 km away. Mandi is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barain (under 2 km), Barakwali (under 2 km) and D P F Bara (under 2 km).

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

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