[1] It lies just off the road between Mpika and Isoka (Tanzam Highway; Zambia's Great North Road), about 90 kilometres (56 mi) southwest of Isoka.

[5] The town is nestled at an average elevation of 1,383 metres (4,537 ft) above mean sea level.

The 1990 national population census enumerated 7,509 people in Chinsali.

Central Statistical Office Zambia calculated that the population of Chinsali increased at an average rate of 2.82 percent annually, between 2000 and 2010.

[7]Chinsali is home mainly to the Bemba people, and to their Senior Chief Nkula who is eligible to ascend to the throne of Paramount Chief of the Bemba People based in Mungwi District of Northern Province.