About Chewar Village

Chewar is a small village in Kotkhai tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 146, made up of 76 males and 70 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 74.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chewar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chewar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Kotkhai
Pincode	171202
Area (hectares)	74.69 hectares
Population	146
Male Population	76
Female Population	70
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	921
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chewar compares

By the 2011 count Chewar is the 104th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 174 residents. Its 74.69 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Chewar

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

Chewar lies about 39 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 Chewar
Tehsil headquarters	Kotkhai	3.9 km
District headquarters	Shimla	39 km

Villages closest to Chewar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chewar village had a population of 146. That makes it the 104th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 174 residents.

Chewar village has 76 males and 70 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chewar has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Chewar is 171202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chewar covers 74.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chewar falls under Kotkhai tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Chewar 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 Chewar.

Chewar is about 39 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chewar is in Kotkhai tehsil of Shimla district. Kotkhai is about 3.9 km away. Shimla is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.