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About Chaamon Village

Chaamon is a small village in Kasauli tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 128, made up of 68 males and 60 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chaamon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaamon village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Solan
Tehsil Kasauli
Pincode 173209
Area (hectares) 35 hectares
Population 128
Male Population 68
Female Population 60
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 882
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chaamon compares

By the 2011 count Chaamon is the 111th largest of the 256 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 208 residents. Its 35 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Chaamon

Chaamon is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chaamon as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chaamon from other places

Chaamon lies about 9.9 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 7.8 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 Chaamon
Nearest railway station Salogra 7.8 km
District headquarters Solan 9.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Kasauli 24 km

Villages closest to Chaamon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaamon village had a population of 128. That makes it the 111th largest of the 256 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 208 residents.

Chaamon village has 68 males and 60 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaamon has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Chaamon is 173209. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chaamon covers 35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chaamon falls under Kasauli tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chaamon is Salogra, about 7.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Chaamon.

Chaamon is about 9.9 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaamon is in Kasauli tehsil of Solan district. Salogra is about 7.8 km away. Solan is about 9.9 km away. Kasauli is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nakaiyar (3.0 km), Dochi (3.1 km) and Dangayar (3.9 km).

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

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