About Kaldun Village

Kaldun is a small village in Jawali tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 319, made up of 172 males and 147 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 116.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kaldun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kaldun village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jawali
Pincode	176205
Area (hectares)	116.14 hectares
Population	319
Male Population	172
Female Population	147
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	855
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kaldun compares

By the 2011 count Kaldun is the 105th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 570 residents. Its 116.14 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1026.

Getting to Kaldun

Kaldun is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kaldun 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kaldun from other places

Kaldun lies about 25 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawanwala Shahr, about 6.7 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 Kaldun
Tehsil headquarters	Jawali	6.5 km
Nearest railway station	Jawanwala Shahr	6.7 km
District headquarters	Kangra	25 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	28 km

Villages closest to Kaldun

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kaldun village had a population of 319. That makes it the 105th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 570 residents.

Kaldun village has 172 males and 147 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kaldun has about 855 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1026.

The pincode recorded for Kaldun is 176205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kaldun covers 116.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kaldun falls under Jawali tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kaldun is Jawanwala Shahr, about 6.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Kaldun.

Kaldun is about 25 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kaldun is in Jawali tehsil of Kangra district. Jawali is about 6.5 km away. Jawanwala Shahr is about 6.7 km away. Kangra is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.