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About Chham Village

Chham is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 90, made up of 40 males and 50 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,250 females per 1000 males. The village covers 51.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chham Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chham village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Devprayag
Pincode 249122
Area (hectares) 51.13 hectares
Population 90
Male Population 40
Female Population 50
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,250
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chham compares

By the 2011 count Chham is the 229th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 51.13 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1228.

Getting to Chham

Chham is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Chham 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chham from other places

Chham lies about 17 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Harrawala, about 38 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 Chham
Tehsil headquarters Devprayag 17 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 17 km
Nearest town Tehri 17 km
Nearest railway station Harrawala 38 km

Villages closest to Chham

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chham village had a population of 90. That makes it the 229th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Chham village has 40 males and 50 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chham has about 1250 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1228.

The pincode recorded for Chham is 249122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chham covers 51.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chham falls under Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Chham is Harrawala, about 38 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Chham.

Chham is about 17 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chham is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Devprayag is about 17 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 17 km away. Tehri is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Takrari Chham (under 2 km), Birakot (2.2 km) and Gosil (2.6 km).

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

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