About Koal Village

Koal is a small village in Jaisinghpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 198, made up of 93 males and 105 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,129 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176098, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Koal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Koal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jaisinghpur
Pincode	176098
Area (hectares)	95.39 hectares
Population	198
Male Population	93
Female Population	105
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,129
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Koal compares

By the 2011 count Koal is the 112th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 285 residents. Its 95.39 hectares work out to about 2.1 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 1217.

Getting to Koal

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

Koal lies about 33 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Panchrukhi, about 23 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 Koal
Tehsil headquarters	Jaisinghpur	12 km
Nearest railway station	Panchrukhi	23 km
District headquarters	Kangra	33 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	43 km

Villages closest to Koal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Koal village had a population of 198. That makes it the 112th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 285 residents.

Koal village has 93 males and 105 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Koal has about 1129 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1217.

The pincode recorded for Koal is 176098. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Koal covers 95.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Koal falls under Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Koal is Panchrukhi, about 23 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 Koal.

Koal is about 33 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Koal is in Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district. Jaisinghpur is about 12 km away. Panchrukhi is about 23 km away. Kangra is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.