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About Surkhigala Jangal Village

Surkhigala Jangal is a small village in Dalhousie tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 80, made up of 39 males and 41 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,051 females per 1000 males. The village covers 154.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Surkhigala Jangal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Surkhigala Jangal village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Chamba
Tehsil Dalhousie
Pincode 176303
Area (hectares) 154.04 hectares
Population 80
Male Population 39
Female Population 41
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,051
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Surkhigala Jangal compares

By the 2011 count Surkhigala Jangal is the 103rd largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 304 residents. Its 154.04 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Surkhigala Jangal

Surkhigala Jangal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Surkhigala Jangal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Surkhigala Jangal from other places

Surkhigala Jangal lies about 28 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 22 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 Surkhigala Jangal
Tehsil headquarters Dalhousie 12 km
Nearest railway station Nurpur Road 22 km
Nearest town Mamun 26 km
District headquarters Chamba 28 km

Villages closest to Surkhigala Jangal

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.

Common questions about Surkhigala Jangal

As per the Census of India 2011, Surkhigala Jangal village had a population of 80. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 304 residents.

Surkhigala Jangal village has 39 males and 41 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Surkhigala Jangal has about 1051 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1025.

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

Surkhigala Jangal covers 154.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Surkhigala Jangal falls under Dalhousie tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Surkhigala Jangal is Nurpur Road, about 22 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 km distance for Surkhigala Jangal.

Surkhigala Jangal is about 28 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Surkhigala Jangal is in Dalhousie tehsil of Chamba district. Dalhousie is about 12 km away. Nurpur Road is about 22 km away. Mamun is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chaunka (2.1 km), Bareru (3.4 km) and Dhunera (5.8 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Surkhigala Jangal today is likely to be higher.

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