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About Telingi Village

Telingi is a small village in Kalpa tehsil, in the district of Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 242, made up of 119 males and 123 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,034 females per 1000 males. The village covers 227.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Telingi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Telingi village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kinnaur
Tehsil Kalpa
Pincode 172107
Area (hectares) 227.33 hectares
Population 242
Male Population 119
Female Population 123
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,034
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Telingi compares

By the 2011 count Telingi is the 23rd largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 492 residents. Its 227.33 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Telingi

Telingi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Telingi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Telingi from other places

Telingi lies about 3.4 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 Telingi
Tehsil headquarters Kalpa 2.7 km
District headquarters Kinnaur 3.4 km
Nearest town Shimla 116 km

Villages closest to Telingi

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.

Common questions about Telingi

As per the Census of India 2011, Telingi village had a population of 242. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 492 residents.

Telingi village has 119 males and 123 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Telingi has about 1034 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1002.

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

Telingi covers 227.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Telingi falls under Kalpa tehsil of Kinnaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Telingi 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 <5 km distance for Telingi.

Telingi is about 3.4 km from Kinnaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Telingi is in Kalpa tehsil of Kinnaur district. Kalpa is about 2.7 km away. Kinnaur is about 3.4 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.

The closest recorded villages are Pawari (under 2 km), Kothi (under 2 km) and Khwangi (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Telingi today is likely to be higher.

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