About Chainthon Village

Chainthon is a small village in Kasauli tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 284, made up of 155 males and 129 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 832 females per 1000 males. The village covers 84.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chainthon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chainthon village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Kasauli
Pincode	173220
Area (hectares)	84.37 hectares
Population	284
Male Population	155
Female Population	129
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	832
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chainthon compares

By the 2011 count Chainthon is the 44th largest of the 256 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 208 residents. Its 84.37 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Chainthon

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

Chainthon lies about 14 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Koti, about 6.7 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 Chainthon
Nearest railway station	Koti	6.7 km
Nearest town	Kālka	9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kasauli	12 km
District headquarters	Solan	14 km

Villages closest to Chainthon

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.

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Common questions about Chainthon

As per the Census of India 2011, Chainthon village had a population of 284. That makes it the 44th largest of the 256 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 208 residents.

Chainthon village has 155 males and 129 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chainthon has about 832 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Chainthon is 173220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chainthon covers 84.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Chainthon is Koti, about 6.7 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 10+ km distance for Chainthon.

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

Chainthon is in Kasauli tehsil of Solan district. Koti is about 6.7 km away. Kālka is about 9.4 km away. Kasauli is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.