About Chamba Village

Chamba is a small village in Nalagarh tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 290, made up of 148 males and 142 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 959 females per 1000 males. The village covers 84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174011, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chamba Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chamba village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Nalagarh
Pincode	174011
Area (hectares)	84 hectares
Population	290
Male Population	148
Female Population	142
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	959
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chamba compares

By the 2011 count Chamba is the 103rd largest of the 270 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 362 residents. Its 84 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 918.

Getting to Chamba

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

Chamba lies about 51 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Kiratpur Sahib, about 16 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
Nearest railway station	Kiratpur Sahib	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nalagarh	21 km
Nearest town	Baddi	31 km
District headquarters	Solan	51 km

Villages closest to Chamba

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chamba village had a population of 290. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 270 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 362 residents.

Chamba village has 148 males and 142 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chamba has about 959 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 918.

The pincode recorded for Chamba is 174011. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chamba covers 84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chamba falls under Nalagarh tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chamba is Kiratpur Sahib, about 16 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 Chamba.

Chamba is about 51 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chamba is in Nalagarh tehsil of Solan district. Kiratpur Sahib is about 16 km away. Nalagarh is about 21 km away. Baddi is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.