Chamba District Population, Himachal Pradesh - Census India 2011

Chamba is one of district of Himachal Pradesh in India. There are 10 Tehsils, 1,591 villages and 5 towns in Chamba district.

As per the Census India 2011, Chamba district has 102,460 households, population of 519,080 of which 261,320 are males and 257,760 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 70,359 which is 13.55% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Chamba district is around 986 compared to 972 which is average of Himachal Pradesh state. The literacy rate of Chamba district is 62.39% out of which 71.2% males are literate and 53.45% females are literate. The total area of Chamba is 6,522 sq.km with population density of 80 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 93.04% of population lives in Urban area and 6.96% lives in Rural area. There are 21.52% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 26.1% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Chamba district.

Chamba Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	519,080	100%
Hindu	479,782	92.43%
Muslim	32,455	6.25%
Sikh	2,745	0.53%
Buddhist	1,740	0.34%
Christian	1,559	0.3%
Religion not stated	728	0.14%
Jain	57	0.01%
Other religions and persuasions	14	0%

Chamba Urban & Rural Population

Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area

Description	Urban	Rural
Area(sq.km)	21	6,501
Number of households	7,864	94,596
Total Population	36,108	482,972
Population (%)	53.61%	49.9%
Male Population	19,357	241,963
Female Population	16,751	241,009
Sex Ratio	865	996
Literacy (%)	83.52%	60.81%

List of Tehsils in Chamba

Check out complete list of all Tehsils of Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh

Chamba Population Facts

Number of Households	102,460
Population	519,080
Male Population	261,320 (50.34%)
Female Population	257,760 (49.66%)
Children Population	70,359
Area	6,522 km2
Population density/km2	80
Sex-ratio	986
Literacy	62.39%
Male Literacy	71.2%
Female Literacy	53.45%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	26.1%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	21.52%