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About Chahli Kalan Village

Chahli Kalan is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 466, made up of 229 males and 237 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,035 females per 1000 males. The village covers 54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171005, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chahli Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chahli Kalan village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Shimla Rural
Pincode 171005
Area (hectares) 54 hectares
Population 466
Male Population 229
Female Population 237
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,035
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Chahli Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Chahli Kalan is the 26th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 54 hectares work out to about 8.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Chahli Kalan

Chahli Kalan is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Chahli Kalan 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chahli Kalan from other places

Chahli Kalan lies about 3.8 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Summer Hill, about under 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 Chahli Kalan
Nearest railway station Summer Hill under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Shimla Rural 3.8 km
District headquarters Shimla 3.8 km

Villages closest to Chahli Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shimla Rural 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.

Common questions about Chahli Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Chahli Kalan village had a population of 466. That makes it the 26th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Chahli Kalan village has 229 males and 237 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chahli Kalan has about 1035 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Chahli Kalan is 171005. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chahli Kalan covers 54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Chahli Kalan falls under Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chahli Kalan is Summer Hill, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Chahli Kalan.

Chahli Kalan is about 3.8 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chahli Kalan is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Summer Hill is about under 2 km away. Shimla Rural is about 3.8 km away. Shimla is about 3.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chahli Khurd (under 2 km), Dhenda (under 2 km) and Hiun (1.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Chahli Kalan today is likely to be higher.

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