About Chamba Shil Village

Chamba Shil is a small village in Nahan tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 131, made up of 66 males and 65 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 985 females per 1000 males. The village covers 81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chamba Shil Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chamba Shil village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Nahan
Pincode	173001
Area (hectares)	81 hectares
Population	131
Male Population	66
Female Population	65
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	985
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chamba Shil compares

By the 2011 count Chamba Shil is the 106th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 404 residents. Its 81 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Chamba Shil

Chamba Shil is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chamba Shil as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Chamba Shil from other places

Chamba Shil lies about 14 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Barog, about 46 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 Chamba Shil
Tehsil headquarters	Nahan	9.0 km
Nearest town	Nāhan	9.0 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	14 km
Nearest railway station	Barog	46 km

Villages closest to Chamba Shil

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nahan 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 Chamba Shil

As per the Census of India 2011, Chamba Shil village had a population of 131. That makes it the 106th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 404 residents.

Chamba Shil village has 66 males and 65 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chamba Shil has about 985 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Chamba Shil is 173001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chamba Shil covers 81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chamba Shil falls under Nahan tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chamba Shil is Barog, about 46 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 5 - 10 km distance for Chamba Shil.

Chamba Shil is about 14 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chamba Shil is in Nahan tehsil of Sirmaur district. Nahan is about 9.0 km away. Nāhan is about 9.0 km away. Sirmaur is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.