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About Talai Village

Talai is a small village in Saluni tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 84, made up of 41 males and 43 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,049 females per 1000 males. The village covers 120.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176320, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Talai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Talai village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Chamba
Tehsil Saluni
Pincode 176320
Area (hectares) 120.36 hectares
Population 84
Male Population 41
Female Population 43
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,049
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Talai compares

By the 2011 count Talai is the 121st largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 366 residents. Its 120.36 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 979.

Getting to Talai

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

Talai lies about 11 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Talara, about 31 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 Talai
Tehsil headquarters Saluni 11 km
District headquarters Chamba 11 km
Nearest railway station Talara 31 km

Villages closest to Talai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Talai village had a population of 84. That makes it the 121st largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 366 residents.

Talai village has 41 males and 43 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Talai has about 1049 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Talai is 176320. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Talai covers 120.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Talai falls under Saluni tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Talai is Talara, about 31 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 Talai.

Talai is about 11 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Talai is in Saluni tehsil of Chamba district. Saluni is about 11 km away. Chamba is about 11 km away. Talara is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nandan (under 2 km), Suthan (5.7 km) and R F Phatiri I (6.0 km).

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

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