About Chekul Village

Chekul is a small village in Kumharsain tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 54, made up of 30 males and 24 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 800 females per 1000 males. The village covers 100.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172027, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chekul Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chekul village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Kumharsain
Pincode	172027
Area (hectares)	100.56 hectares
Population	54
Male Population	30
Female Population	24
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	800
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chekul compares

By the 2011 count Chekul is the 151st largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 248 residents. Its 100.56 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 1004.

Getting to Chekul

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

Chekul lies about 46 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 Chekul
Tehsil headquarters	Kumharsain	22 km
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	41 km
District headquarters	Shimla	46 km

Villages closest to Chekul

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chekul village had a population of 54. That makes it the 151st largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 248 residents.

Chekul village has 30 males and 24 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chekul has about 800 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Chekul is 172027. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chekul covers 100.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chekul falls under Kumharsain tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Chekul 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 village for Chekul.

Chekul is about 46 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chekul is in Kumharsain tehsil of Shimla district. Kumharsain is about 22 km away. Sundarnagar is about 41 km away. Shimla is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.