About Skiba Village

Skiba is a small village in Morang tehsil, in the district of Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 253, made up of 122 males and 131 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,074 females per 1000 males. The village covers 96.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Skiba Overview

Census 2011 figures for Skiba village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kinnaur
Tehsil	Morang
Pincode	172116
Area (hectares)	96.4 hectares
Population	253
Male Population	122
Female Population	131
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,074
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Skiba compares

By the 2011 count Skiba is the 15th largest of the 37 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 277 residents. Its 96.4 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 909.

Getting to Skiba

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

Skiba lies about 83 km from Kinnaur, and the nearest railway station is Zero Point, about 114 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 Skiba
Tehsil headquarters	Morang	6.2 km
District headquarters	Kinnaur	83 km
Nearest railway station	Zero Point	114 km
Nearest town	Mandi	120 km

Villages closest to Skiba

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Skiba village had a population of 253. That makes it the 15th largest of the 37 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 277 residents.

Skiba village has 122 males and 131 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Skiba has about 1074 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 909.

The pincode recorded for Skiba is 172116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Skiba covers 96.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Skiba falls under Morang tehsil of Kinnaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Skiba is Zero Point, about 114 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 Skiba.

Skiba is about 83 km from Kinnaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Skiba is in Morang tehsil of Kinnaur district. Morang is about 6.2 km away. Kinnaur is about 83 km away. Zero Point is about 114 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.