About Taljon Village

Taljon 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 70, made up of 38 males and 32 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 842 females per 1000 males. The village covers 19.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175139, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Taljon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Taljon village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Lahul and Spiti
Tehsil	Udaipur
Pincode	175139
Area (hectares)	19.64 hectares
Population	70
Male Population	38
Female Population	32
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	842
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Taljon compares

By the 2011 count Taljon is the 32nd largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 135 residents. Its 19.64 hectares work out to about 3.6 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 Taljon

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

Taljon lies about 21 km from Lahul and Spiti, and the nearest railway station is Zero Point, about 66 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 Taljon
Tehsil headquarters	Udaipur	20 km
District headquarters	Lahul and Spiti	21 km
Nearest railway station	Zero Point	66 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	68 km

Villages closest to Taljon

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 Taljon

As per the Census of India 2011, Taljon village had a population of 70. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 135 residents.

Taljon village has 38 males and 32 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Taljon has about 842 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 Taljon is 175139. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Taljon covers 19.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Taljon is Zero Point, about 66 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 Taljon.

Taljon is about 21 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.

Taljon is in Udaipur tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district. Udaipur is about 20 km away. Lahul and Spiti is about 21 km away. Zero Point is about 66 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.