About Kalun Village

Kalun is a small village in Dhira tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 80, made up of 34 males and 46 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,353 females per 1000 males. The village covers 72.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176084, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalun village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dhira
Pincode	176084
Area (hectares)	72.43 hectares
Population	80
Male Population	34
Female Population	46
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,353
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kalun compares

By the 2011 count Kalun is the 84th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 72.43 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 1176.

Getting to Kalun

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

Kalun lies about 19 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 10 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 Kalun
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhira	19 km
District headquarters	Kangra	19 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	27 km

Villages closest to Kalun

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalun village had a population of 80. That makes it the 84th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Kalun village has 34 males and 46 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalun has about 1353 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1176.

The pincode recorded for Kalun is 176084. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalun covers 72.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kalun falls under Dhira tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kalun is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 10 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 - 10 km distance for Kalun.

Kalun is about 19 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalun is in Dhira tehsil of Kangra district. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 10 km away. Dhira is about 19 km away. Kangra is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.