About Chaiwan Village

Chaiwan is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 122, made up of 68 males and 54 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 794 females per 1000 males. The village covers 112.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171011, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chaiwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaiwan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171011
Area (hectares)	112.06 hectares
Population	122
Male Population	68
Female Population	54
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	794
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chaiwan compares

By the 2011 count Chaiwan is the 199th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 112.06 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 987.

Getting to Chaiwan

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

Chaiwan lies about 16 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 13 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 Chaiwan
Nearest railway station	Jutogh	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	16 km
District headquarters	Shimla	16 km

Villages closest to Chaiwan

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.

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Common questions about Chaiwan

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaiwan village had a population of 122. That makes it the 199th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Chaiwan village has 68 males and 54 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaiwan has about 794 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Chaiwan is 171011. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chaiwan covers 112.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chaiwan falls under Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chaiwan is Jutogh, about 13 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Chaiwan.

Chaiwan is about 16 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaiwan is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Jutogh is about 13 km away. Shimla Rural is about 16 km away. Shimla is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.