About Sungal Village

Sungal is a mid sized village in Chamba tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,117, made up of 588 males and 529 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 227.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176310, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sungal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sungal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Chamba
Pincode	176310
Area (hectares)	227.02 hectares
Population	1,117
Male Population	588
Female Population	529
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	900
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sungal compares

By the 2011 count Sungal is the 26th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 227.02 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Sungal

Sungal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sungal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sungal from other places

Sungal lies about 3.5 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 44 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Sungal
Tehsil headquarters	Chamba	3.5 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	44 km

Villages closest to Sungal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chamba tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Sungal

As per the Census of India 2011, Sungal village had a population of 1,117. That makes it the 26th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Sungal village has 588 males and 529 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sungal has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Sungal is 176310. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sungal covers 227.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sungal falls under Chamba tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sungal is Nurpur Road, about 44 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sungal.

Sungal is about 3.5 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sungal is in Chamba tehsil of Chamba district. Chamba is about 3.5 km away. Nurpur Road is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.