The town is about 50 km from Mussoorie and also near Dhanaulti, Surkanda Devi Temple, Ranichauri, New Tehri, and Kanatal, tipri halfway between Chamba and Dhanaulti.Chamba is situated at an altitude of 1600m above sea level.

As of 2011[update] India census,[1] Chamba is a Nagar Palika city in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand.

Chamba Nagar Panchayat has a total administration over 1,971 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage.

It is also authorized to build roads within Nagar Panchayat limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.

The village Manjud was one of the villages of South Asia to produce the most soldiers and volunteers, about 480 who joined various army regiments and served in various theatres of war between 1914-1918[3] It is also worth noting that the famous Victoria Cross recipient, Rifleman Gabbar Singh Negi, also belonged to this area, and an annual fair is still held in Chamba at 21st of April each year[4] to commemorate Negi's great and gallant sacrifice as a young man of barely 19 or 20 years.