About Chilma Village

Chilma is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 17, made up of 8 males and 9 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,125 females per 1000 males. The village covers 32.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chilma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chilma village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Yamkeshwar
Pincode	246121
Area (hectares)	32.19 hectares
Population	17
Male Population	8
Female Population	9
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,125
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 Chilma compares

By the 2011 count Chilma is the 211th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 32.19 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1206.

Getting to Chilma

Chilma is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Chilma 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 Chilma from other places

Chilma lies about 43 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Motichur, about 3.5 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 Chilma
Nearest railway station	Motichur	3.5 km
Nearest town	Haridwar	5.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Yamkeshwar	18 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	43 km

Villages closest to Chilma

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chilma village had a population of 17. That makes it the 211th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Chilma village has 8 males and 9 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chilma has about 1125 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1206.

The pincode recorded for Chilma is 246121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chilma covers 32.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chilma falls under Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Chilma is Motichur, about 3.5 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 Chilma.

Chilma is about 43 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chilma is in Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district. Motichur is about 3.5 km away. Haridwar is about 5.9 km away. Yamkeshwar is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.