About Cheling Village

Cheling is a small village in Lahul tehsil, in the district of Lahul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 30, made up of 17 males and 13 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 765 females per 1000 males. The village covers 22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175132, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Cheling Overview

Census 2011 figures for Cheling village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Lahul and Spiti
Tehsil	Lahul
Pincode	175132
Area (hectares)	22 hectares
Population	30
Male Population	17
Female Population	13
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	765
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Cheling compares

By the 2011 count Cheling is the 82nd largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 78 residents. Its 22 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Cheling

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

Cheling lies about 78 km from Lahul and Spiti, and the nearest railway station is Joginder Nagar, about 5.7 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 Cheling
Nearest railway station	Joginder Nagar	5.7 km
Nearest town	Mandi	30 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lahul	32 km
District headquarters	Lahul and Spiti	78 km

Villages closest to Cheling

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Cheling village had a population of 30. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 78 residents.

Cheling village has 17 males and 13 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Cheling has about 765 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Cheling is 175132. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Cheling covers 22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Cheling is Joginder Nagar, about 5.7 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 Cheling.

Cheling is about 78 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.

Cheling is in Lahul tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district. Joginder Nagar is about 5.7 km away. Mandi is about 30 km away. Lahul is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.