About Kolang Village

Kolang 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 171, made up of 81 males and 90 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,111 females per 1000 males. The village covers 62.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175132, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kolang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kolang village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Lahul and Spiti
Tehsil	Lahul
Pincode	175132
Area (hectares)	62.32 hectares
Population	171
Male Population	81
Female Population	90
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,111
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kolang compares

By the 2011 count Kolang is the 15th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 78 residents. Its 62.32 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Kolang

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

Kolang lies about 82 km from Lahul and Spiti, and the nearest railway station is Joginder Nagar, about 9.9 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 Kolang
Nearest railway station	Joginder Nagar	9.9 km
Nearest town	Mandi	28 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lahul	28 km
District headquarters	Lahul and Spiti	82 km

Villages closest to Kolang

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.

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Kolang

As per the Census of India 2011, Kolang village had a population of 171. That makes it the 15th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 78 residents.

Kolang village has 81 males and 90 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kolang has about 1111 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

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

Kolang covers 62.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Kolang is Joginder Nagar, about 9.9 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 Kolang.

Kolang is about 82 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.

Kolang is in Lahul tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district. Joginder Nagar is about 9.9 km away. Mandi is about 28 km away. Lahul is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.