About Chakhna Village

Chakhna is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 243, made up of 133 males and 110 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 827 females per 1000 males. The village covers 178 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chakhna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chakhna village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Theog
Pincode	171226
Area (hectares)	178 hectares
Population	243
Male Population	133
Female Population	110
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	827
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chakhna compares

By the 2011 count Chakhna is the 114th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 178 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 Chakhna

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

Chakhna lies about 6.0 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Taradevi, about 3.6 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 Chakhna
Nearest railway station	Taradevi	3.6 km
District headquarters	Shimla	6.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Theog	20 km

Villages closest to Chakhna

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.

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Common questions about Chakhna

As per the Census of India 2011, Chakhna village had a population of 243. That makes it the 114th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Chakhna village has 133 males and 110 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chakhna has about 827 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 Chakhna is 171226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chakhna covers 178 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Chakhna is Taradevi, about 3.6 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 Chakhna.

Chakhna is about 6.0 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chakhna is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Taradevi is about 3.6 km away. Shimla is about 6.0 km away. Theog is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.