About Yol Village

Yol is a small village in Shahpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 401, made up of 193 males and 208 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,078 females per 1000 males. The village covers 67.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Yol Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yol village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Shahpur
Pincode	176208
Area (hectares)	67.57 hectares
Population	401
Male Population	193
Female Population	208
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,078
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Yol compares

By the 2011 count Yol is the 58th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 67.57 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1046.

Getting to Yol

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

Yol lies about 10 km from Kangra. 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 Yol
Tehsil headquarters	Shahpur	5.7 km
District headquarters	Kangra	10 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	13 km

Villages closest to Yol

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Yol village had a population of 401. That makes it the 58th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 451 residents.

Yol village has 193 males and 208 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yol has about 1078 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1046.

The pincode recorded for Yol is 176208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Yol covers 67.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Yol falls under Shahpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Yol notes the nearest railway station 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 Yol.

Yol is about 10 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Yol is in Shahpur tehsil of Kangra district. Shahpur is about 5.7 km away. Kangra is about 10 km away. Dharamsala is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.