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About Chabtu Village

Chabtu is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 28, made up of 15 males and 13 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 28.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chabtu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chabtu village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Theog
Pincode 171201
Area (hectares) 28.64 hectares
Population 28
Male Population 15
Female Population 13
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 867
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chabtu compares

By the 2011 count Chabtu is the 385th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 28.64 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 990.

Getting to Chabtu

Chabtu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chabtu as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Chabtu from other places

Chabtu lies about 16 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 Chabtu
Tehsil headquarters Theog 1.8 km
District headquarters Shimla 16 km

Villages closest to Chabtu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chabtu village had a population of 28. That makes it the 385th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Chabtu village has 15 males and 13 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chabtu has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Chabtu is 171201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chabtu covers 28.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chabtu falls under Theog tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Chabtu 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 km distance for Chabtu.

Chabtu 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.

Chabtu is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 1.8 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.

The closest recorded villages are Batog (under 2 km), Bajhyog (under 2 km) and Nalia (under 2 km).

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

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