About Galing Village

Galing is a small village in Udaipur tehsil, in the district of Lahul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 34, made up of 19 males and 15 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 789 females per 1000 males. The village covers 9.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175139, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Galing Overview

Census 2011 figures for Galing village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Lahul and Spiti
Tehsil	Udaipur
Pincode	175139
Area (hectares)	9.76 hectares
Population	34
Male Population	19
Female Population	15
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	789
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Galing compares

By the 2011 count Galing is the 46th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 135 residents. Its 9.76 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Galing

Galing is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Galing as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Galing from other places

Galing lies about 19 km from Lahul and Spiti, and the nearest railway station is Zero Point, about 65 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 Galing
District headquarters	Lahul and Spiti	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Udaipur	22 km
Nearest railway station	Zero Point	65 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	69 km

Villages closest to Galing

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Galing village had a population of 34. That makes it the 46th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 135 residents.

Galing village has 19 males and 15 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Galing has about 789 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Galing is 175139. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Galing covers 9.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Galing falls under Udaipur tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Galing is Zero Point, about 65 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 10+ km distance for Galing.

Galing is about 19 km from Lahul and Spiti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Galing is in Udaipur tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district. Lahul and Spiti is about 19 km away. Udaipur is about 22 km away. Zero Point is about 65 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.