About Chind Village

Chind is a small village in Cheta tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 298, made up of 148 males and 150 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 113.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chind Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chind village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Cheta
Pincode	171210
Area (hectares)	113.69 hectares
Population	298
Male Population	148
Female Population	150
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,014
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chind compares

By the 2011 count Chind is the 29th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 336 residents. Its 113.69 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Chind

Chind is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Chind as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Chind from other places

Chind lies about 34 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 32 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 Chind
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	22 km
Nearest railway station	Jutogh	32 km
Tehsil headquarters	Cheta	34 km
District headquarters	Shimla	34 km

Villages closest to Chind

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chind village had a population of 298. That makes it the 29th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 336 residents.

Chind village has 148 males and 150 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chind has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Chind is 171210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chind covers 113.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chind falls under Cheta tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chind is Jutogh, about 32 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Chind.

Chind is about 34 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chind is in Cheta tehsil of Shimla district. Sundarnagar is about 22 km away. Jutogh is about 32 km away. Cheta is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.