About Chiama Village

Chiama is a small village in Kandaghat tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 94, made up of 54 males and 40 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 741 females per 1000 males. The village covers 48.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173234, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chiama Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chiama village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Kandaghat
Pincode	173234
Area (hectares)	48.26 hectares
Population	94
Male Population	54
Female Population	40
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	741
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chiama compares

By the 2011 count Chiama is the 133rd largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 153 residents. Its 48.26 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 967.

Getting to Chiama

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

Chiama lies about 8.1 km from Solan. 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 Chiama
Tehsil headquarters	Kandaghat	6.3 km
District headquarters	Solan	8.1 km

Villages closest to Chiama

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chiama village had a population of 94. That makes it the 133rd largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 153 residents.

Chiama village has 54 males and 40 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chiama has about 741 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Chiama is 173234. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chiama covers 48.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chiama falls under Kandaghat tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Chiama 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 village for Chiama.

Chiama is about 8.1 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chiama is in Kandaghat tehsil of Solan district. Kandaghat is about 6.3 km away. Solan is about 8.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.