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About Talai Village

Talai is a small village in Bhoranj tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 45, made up of 21 males and 24 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,143 females per 1000 males. The village covers 12.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176048, 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 Hamirpur
Tehsil Bhoranj
Pincode 176048
Area (hectares) 12.27 hectares
Population 45
Male Population 21
Female Population 24
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,143
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Talai compares

By the 2011 count Talai is the 252nd largest of the 267 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 335 residents. Its 12.27 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1213.

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 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 Talai from other places

Talai lies about 26 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Olinda, about 11 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
Nearest railway station Olinda 11 km
Nearest town Nangal 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhoranj 24 km
District headquarters Hamirpur 26 km

Villages closest to Talai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bhoranj 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 45. That makes it the 252nd largest of the 267 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 335 residents.

Talai village has 21 males and 24 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Talai has about 1143 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1213.

The pincode recorded for Talai is 176048. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Talai covers 12.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Talai falls under Bhoranj tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Talai is Olinda, about 11 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 Talai.

Talai is about 26 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Talai is in Bhoranj tehsil of Hamirpur district. Olinda is about 11 km away. Nangal is about 16 km away. Bhoranj is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Behrwin Dhatwalian (5.7 km), Bhakera (10 km) and Charjehari (13 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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