About Sheling Village

Sheling 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 61, made up of 32 males and 29 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 906 females per 1000 males. The village covers 20.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175139, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sheling Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sheling village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Lahul and Spiti
Tehsil	Udaipur
Pincode	175139
Area (hectares)	20.79 hectares
Population	61
Male Population	32
Female Population	29
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	906
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sheling compares

By the 2011 count Sheling is the 36th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 135 residents. Its 20.79 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Sheling

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

Sheling lies about 39 km from Lahul and Spiti, and the nearest railway station is Chamunda Marg, about 82 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 Sheling
Tehsil headquarters	Udaipur	9.8 km
District headquarters	Lahul and Spiti	39 km
Nearest town	Chamba	62 km
Nearest railway station	Chamunda Marg	82 km

Villages closest to Sheling

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 Sheling

As per the Census of India 2011, Sheling village had a population of 61. That makes it the 36th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 135 residents.

Sheling village has 32 males and 29 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sheling has about 906 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1008.

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

Sheling covers 20.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Sheling is Chamunda Marg, about 82 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 Sheling.

Sheling is about 39 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.

Sheling is in Udaipur tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district. Udaipur is about 9.8 km away. Lahul and Spiti is about 39 km away. Chamba is about 62 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.