About Chanyan Village

Chanyan is a small village in Junga tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 49, made up of 26 males and 23 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 61.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173217, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chanyan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chanyan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Junga
Pincode	173217
Area (hectares)	61.81 hectares
Population	49
Male Population	26
Female Population	23
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	885
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 Chanyan compares

By the 2011 count Chanyan is the 50th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 230 residents. Its 61.81 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Chanyan

Chanyan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Chanyan 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 Chanyan from other places

Chanyan lies about 7.9 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 4.2 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 Chanyan
Nearest railway station	Jutogh	4.2 km
District headquarters	Shimla	7.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Junga	11 km

Villages closest to Chanyan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chanyan village had a population of 49. That makes it the 50th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 230 residents.

Chanyan village has 26 males and 23 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chanyan has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Chanyan is 173217. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chanyan covers 61.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chanyan falls under Junga tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chanyan is Jutogh, about 4.2 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 Chanyan.

Chanyan is about 7.9 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chanyan is in Junga tehsil of Shimla district. Jutogh is about 4.2 km away. Shimla is about 7.9 km away. Junga is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.