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About Chewa Village

Chewa is a small village in Solan tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 119, made up of 56 males and 63 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,125 females per 1000 males. The village covers 27.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173229, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chewa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chewa village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Solan
Tehsil Solan
Pincode 173229
Area (hectares) 27.67 hectares
Population 119
Male Population 56
Female Population 63
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,125
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Chewa compares

By the 2011 count Chewa is the 151st largest of the 441 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 149 residents. Its 27.67 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1046.

Getting to Chewa

The census records public bus service for Chewa as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chewa from other places

Chewa lies about 4.4 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Kumarhatti, about under 2 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 Chewa
Nearest railway station Kumarhatti under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Solan 4.4 km

Villages closest to Chewa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chewa village had a population of 119. That makes it the 151st largest of the 441 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 149 residents.

Chewa village has 56 males and 63 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chewa has about 1125 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1046.

The pincode recorded for Chewa is 173229. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chewa covers 27.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chewa falls under Solan tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chewa is Kumarhatti, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Chewa.

Chewa is about 4.4 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chewa is in Solan tehsil of Solan district. Kumarhatti is about under 2 km away. Solan is about 4.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khile Barser (under 2 km), Daghota (under 2 km) and Nagali (under 2 km).

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

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