About Sungal Village

Sungal is a mid sized village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 599, made up of 289 males and 310 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,073 females per 1000 males. The village covers 102.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176061, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sungal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sungal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Palampur
Pincode	176061
Area (hectares)	102.43 hectares
Population	599
Male Population	289
Female Population	310
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,073
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Sungal compares

By the 2011 count Sungal is the 89th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 102.43 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Sungal

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

Sungal lies about 30 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Panchrukhi, about 3.7 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 Sungal
Nearest railway station	Panchrukhi	3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Palampur	4.3 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	29 km
District headquarters	Kangra	30 km

Villages closest to Sungal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sungal village had a population of 599. That makes it the 89th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Sungal village has 289 males and 310 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sungal has about 1073 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Sungal is 176061. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sungal covers 102.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sungal falls under Palampur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sungal is Panchrukhi, about 3.7 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 Sungal.

Sungal is about 30 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sungal is in Palampur tehsil of Kangra district. Panchrukhi is about 3.7 km away. Palampur is about 4.3 km away. Dharamsala is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.