About Chiwa Village

Chiwa is a small village in Jubbal tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 106, made up of 58 males and 48 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 828 females per 1000 males. The village covers 53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chiwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chiwa village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Jubbal
Pincode	171205
Area (hectares)	53 hectares
Population	106
Male Population	58
Female Population	48
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	828
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chiwa compares

By the 2011 count Chiwa is the 102nd largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 267 residents. Its 53 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Chiwa

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

Chiwa lies about 50 km from Shimla. 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 Chiwa
Tehsil headquarters	Jubbal	3.8 km
District headquarters	Shimla	50 km

Villages closest to Chiwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chiwa village had a population of 106. That makes it the 102nd largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 267 residents.

Chiwa village has 58 males and 48 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chiwa has about 828 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Chiwa is 171205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chiwa covers 53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chiwa falls under Jubbal tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Chiwa notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Chiwa.

Chiwa is about 50 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chiwa is in Jubbal tehsil of Shimla district. Jubbal is about 3.8 km away. Shimla is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.