About Chham Village

Chham is a small village in Tehri tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 19, made up of 13 males and 6 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 462 females per 1000 males. The village covers 98.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249132, 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	Tehri
Pincode	249132
Area (hectares)	98.5 hectares
Population	19
Male Population	13
Female Population	6
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	462
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 Chham compares

By the 2011 count Chham is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 254 residents. Its 98.5 hectares work out to about 0.2 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 1154.

Getting to Chham

Chham is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Chham 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 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	Tehri	17 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	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 Tehri 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 Chham

As per the Census of India 2011, Chham village had a population of 19. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 254 residents.

Chham village has 13 males and 6 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chham has about 462 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1154.

The pincode recorded for Chham is 249132. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chham covers 98.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chham falls under Tehri 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ 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 Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri is about 17 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 17 km away. Harrawala is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.