About Reckong Peo Village

Reckong Peo is a large village in Kalpa tehsil, in the district of Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,397, made up of 1,529 males and 868 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 568 females per 1000 males. The village covers 68.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Reckong Peo Overview

Census 2011 figures for Reckong Peo village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kinnaur
Tehsil	Kalpa
Pincode	172107
Area (hectares)	68.61 hectares
Population	2,397
Male Population	1,529
Female Population	868
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	568
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Reckong Peo compares

By the 2011 count Reckong Peo is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 492 residents. Its 68.61 hectares work out to about 35 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Reckong Peo

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

Reckong Peo lies about 5.2 km from Kinnaur. 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 Reckong Peo
Tehsil headquarters	Kalpa	under 2 km
District headquarters	Kinnaur	5.2 km
Nearest town	Shimla	116 km

Villages closest to Reckong Peo

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kalpa 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 Reckong Peo

As per the Census of India 2011, Reckong Peo village had a population of 2,397. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 492 residents.

Reckong Peo village has 1,529 males and 868 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Reckong Peo has about 568 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Reckong Peo is 172107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Reckong Peo covers 68.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 35 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Reckong Peo falls under Kalpa tehsil of Kinnaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Reckong Peo 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 Reckong Peo.

Reckong Peo is about 5.2 km from Kinnaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Reckong Peo is in Kalpa tehsil of Kinnaur district. Kalpa is about under 2 km away. Kinnaur is about 5.2 km away. Shimla is about 116 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.