About Chila Village

Chila is a small village in Ramshahr tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 51, made up of 29 males and 22 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 759 females per 1000 males. The village covers 35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chila Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chila village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Ramshahr
Pincode	174102
Area (hectares)	35 hectares
Population	51
Male Population	29
Female Population	22
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	759
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chila compares

By the 2011 count Chila is the 177th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 151 residents. Its 35 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 992.

Getting to Chila

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

Chila lies about 50 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Kiratpur Sahib, about 23 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 Chila
Tehsil headquarters	Ramshahr	20 km
Nearest railway station	Kiratpur Sahib	23 km
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	32 km
District headquarters	Solan	50 km

Villages closest to Chila

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chila village had a population of 51. That makes it the 177th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 151 residents.

Chila village has 29 males and 22 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chila has about 759 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Chila is 174102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chila covers 35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chila falls under Ramshahr tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chila is Kiratpur Sahib, about 23 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 Chila.

Chila is about 50 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chila is in Ramshahr tehsil of Solan district. Ramshahr is about 20 km away. Kiratpur Sahib is about 23 km away. Sundarnagar is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.