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About Chimna Village

Chimna is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 60, made up of 22 males and 38 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,727 females per 1000 males. The village covers 91.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246170, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chimna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chimna village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Lansdowne
Pincode 246170
Area (hectares) 91.34 hectares
Population 60
Male Population 22
Female Population 38
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,727
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chimna compares

By the 2011 count Chimna is the 345th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 91.34 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1243.

Getting to Chimna

Chimna is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Chimna as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Chimna from other places

Chimna lies about 32 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 41 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 Chimna
Tehsil headquarters Lansdowne 26 km
District headquarters Garhwal 32 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 41 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 41 km

Villages closest to Chimna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chimna village had a population of 60. That makes it the 345th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Chimna village has 22 males and 38 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chimna has about 1727 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Chimna is 246170. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chimna covers 91.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chimna falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Chimna is Kotdwara, about 41 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Chimna.

Chimna is about 32 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chimna is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 26 km away. Garhwal is about 32 km away. Kotdwara is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bangarh (under 2 km), Takoli (under 2 km) and Khand Bari (1.6 km).

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

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