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About Chahli Khurd Village

Chahli Khurd is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 112, made up of 52 males and 60 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,154 females per 1000 males. The village covers 53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171005, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chahli Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chahli Khurd village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Shimla Rural
Pincode 171005
Area (hectares) 53 hectares
Population 112
Male Population 52
Female Population 60
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,154
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Chahli Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Chahli Khurd is the 219th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 53 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Chahli Khurd

Chahli Khurd 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 Khurd 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 Khurd from other places

Chahli Khurd 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 Khurd
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 Khurd

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 Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Chahli Khurd village had a population of 112. That makes it the 219th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Chahli Khurd village has 52 males and 60 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chahli Khurd has about 1154 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

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

Chahli Khurd covers 53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Chahli Khurd 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 Khurd.

Chahli Khurd 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 Khurd 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 Kalan (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 Khurd today is likely to be higher.

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