:चंबा) is a town and a nagar panchayat

Nagar Panchayat

A nagar palika or nagar panchayat is a form of an urban political unit in India comparable to a municipality.An urban centre with more than 30,000 and less than 100,000 inhabitants is classified as a nagar panchayat....

 in Tehri Garhwal district

Tehri Garhwal District

Tehri Garhwal is one of the largest districts in the hill state of Uttarakhand, India. Its administrative headquarters is at New Tehri. The district has a population of 604,747 , a 16.15% increase over the previous decade...

  in the state of Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand , formerly Uttaranchal, is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the Land of Gods due to the many holy Hindu temples and cities found throughout the state, some of which are among Hinduism's most spiritual and auspicious places of pilgrimage and worship...

, India

India

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. It is situated at the junction of roads leading from Mussoorie

Mussoorie

Mussoorie is a city and a municipal board in the Dehradun District of the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is located about 35 km from the state capital of Dehradun and 290 km north from the national capital of New Delhi...

, Rishikesh, Tehri Dam/ Lake and New Tehri.

Its nearby tourist places are Dhanaulti

Dhanaulti

Dhanaulti also known as Dhanolti, is a hill station from the popular hill station of Mussoorie, and from Chamba, as it is situated between the two....

, Surkanda Devi

Surkanda Devi

Surkanda Devi is a Hindu temple situated close to the small resort hamlet of Dhanaulti in Tehri District. It is at an altitude of about 2,757 metres, or 9500 ft; lies close to nearby hill stations of Dhanaulti and Chamba ....

 Temple, Ranichauri

Ranichauri

Ranichauri is a village development committee in Sindhuli District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 7170 people living in 1229 individual households.-External links:*...

, New Tehri, and Kanatal

Kanatal

Kanatal is a city in Uttarakhand, 78 km ahead of Dehradun , 38 km ahead of Mussoorie which is also known as the Queen of Hills & 12 km from Chamba. Kanatal is a hamlet built around numerous hills, a locale which personifies the romantic aura of Tehri District, Uttarakhand, State...

, midway through Chamba-Dhanaulti road.

About 50 km from Mussoorie is the small hill town of Chamba, Uttaranchal. Chamba is yet another of those destinations which still stand oblivious to most tourists and therefore unspoilt and fresh like a daisy for the lucky few who venture out seeking new places to explore and enjoy Chamba is at an altitude of 1600 mt above sea level. Again really unspoilt and with lot of pines and deodar and good views. Unlike Mussoorie, the place is very quiet and picturesque and an excellent place to relax to wash your city blues. One can reach Chamba in about 7-8 hrs from Delhi via Hardwar, Rishikesh and Narendranagar (290 km). One can also combine stay at Chamba with one at Mussoorie or Dhanolti and reach via Dehradun, Mussoorie and Dhanolti.

Demographics

India census

Census

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, Chamba had a population of 6579. Males constitute 59% of the population and females 41%. Chamba has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 82% and female literacy of 68%. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

External links

• Chamba, Official website
• Chamba Uttarakhand
• Chamba at GMVN
• Chamba, Tehri Garhwal at wikimapia
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