About Kail Village

Kail is a small village in Dalhousie tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 274, made up of 132 males and 142 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,076 females per 1000 males. The village covers 153.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kail Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kail village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Dalhousie
Pincode	176301
Area (hectares)	153.84 hectares
Population	274
Male Population	132
Female Population	142
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,076
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kail compares

By the 2011 count Kail is the 47th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 304 residents. Its 153.84 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Kail

Kail is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kail as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Kail from other places

Kail lies about 5.4 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 45 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 Kail
District headquarters	Chamba	5.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dalhousie	20 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	45 km

Villages closest to Kail

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dalhousie 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 Kail

As per the Census of India 2011, Kail village had a population of 274. That makes it the 47th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 304 residents.

Kail village has 132 males and 142 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kail has about 1076 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Kail is 176301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kail covers 153.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kail falls under Dalhousie tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kail is Nurpur Road, about 45 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 village for Kail.

Kail is about 5.4 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kail is in Dalhousie tehsil of Chamba district. Chamba is about 5.4 km away. Dalhousie is about 20 km away. Nurpur Road is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.