About Lunah Village

Lunah is a small village in Dalhousie tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 48, made up of 23 males and 25 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,087 females per 1000 males. The village covers 41.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lunah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lunah village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Dalhousie
Pincode	176303
Area (hectares)	41.7 hectares
Population	48
Male Population	23
Female Population	25
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,087
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lunah compares

By the 2011 count Lunah is the 113th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 304 residents. Its 41.7 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 Lunah

Lunah is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Lunah as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Lunah from other places

Lunah lies about 24 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Talara, about 17 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 Lunah
Nearest railway station	Talara	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dalhousie	22 km
District headquarters	Chamba	24 km

Villages closest to Lunah

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 Lunah

As per the Census of India 2011, Lunah village had a population of 48. That makes it the 113th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 304 residents.

Lunah village has 23 males and 25 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lunah has about 1087 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Lunah is 176303. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lunah covers 41.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Lunah is Talara, about 17 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Lunah.

Lunah is about 24 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lunah is in Dalhousie tehsil of Chamba district. Talara is about 17 km away. Dalhousie is about 22 km away. Chamba is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.