# Chimbel

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{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Short description|Town in Goa, India}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name          = Chimbel
|native_name            = 
|other_name             = 
|settlement_type        = Town
|image_skyline          = 
|imagesize              = 250px
|image_alt              = 
|image_caption          =  
|mapsize                = 150px
|pushpin_map            = India Goa#India3
|coordinates            = {{coord|15.495283|N|73.876955|E|region:IN|display=inline,title}}
|subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = {{flag|India}}
|subdivision_type1      = [State](/source/States_of_India)
|subdivision_type2      = [District](/source/Districts_of_Goa)
|subdivision_type3      = [Sub District](/source/Talukas_of_Goa)
|subdivision_name1      = [Goa](/source/Goa_State)
|subdivision_name2      = [North Goa](/source/North_Goa_District)
|subdivision_name3      = [Ilhas](/source/Ilhas)
|established_title      = 
|established_date       = 
|founder                = 
|named_for              = 
|government_type        = Panchayat 
|leader_title           = Sarpanch 
|leader_name            = Shobhan Arjun Borkar<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://panchayatsgoa.gov.in/locations/1480311222tiswadi_11_3_16.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=22 March 2017 |archive-date=23 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323053017/http://panchayatsgoa.gov.in/locations/1480311222tiswadi_11_3_16.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|area_footnotes         = 
|area_total_km2         = 4.20
|elevation_m            = 7
|population_total       = 15,289
|population_as_of       = 2011
|population_density_km2 = auto
|postal_code_type       = Postcode
|postal_code            = 403006
|area_code              = 0832
|area_code_type         = Telephone Code
|website                = 
|footnotes              = 
| demographics_type1    = Languages
| demographics1_title1  = Official
| demographics1_info1   = [Konkani](/source/Konkani_language)
| demographics1_title2  = Also Spoken (understood)
| demographics1_info2   = [English](/source/English_language)
| demographics1_title3  = Historical
| demographics1_info3   = [Portuguese](/source/Portuguese_language)

| demographics_type2    = Religions
| demographics2_title1  = Dominant
| demographics2_info1   = [Hinduism](/source/Hinduism)
| demographics2_title2  = Minor
| demographics2_info2   = [Christianity](/source/Christianity), [Islam](/source/Islam)
| demographics2_title3  = Historical
| demographics2_info3   = [Roman Catholicism](/source/Roman_Catholicism)
|timezone               = [IST](/source/Indian_Standard_Time)
|utc_offset             = +5:30
|mapframe = yes
}}

'''Chimbel''' is a [census town](/source/census_town) in [North Goa district](/source/North_Goa_district) in the state of [Goa](/source/Goa), India.

==Demographics==
{{As of|2001}} India [census](/source/census),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Chimbel had a population of 11,983. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Chimbel has an average literacy rate of 61%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 67% and female literacy of 54%. 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

==References==
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Category:Cities and towns in North Goa district

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