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About Biling Village

Biling 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 160, made up of 91 males and 69 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 758 females per 1000 males. The village covers 54.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175132, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Biling Overview

Census 2011 figures for Biling village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Lahul and Spiti
Tehsil Lahul
Pincode 175132
Area (hectares) 54.35 hectares
Population 160
Male Population 91
Female Population 69
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 758
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Biling compares

By the 2011 count Biling is the 18th 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 54.35 hectares work out to about 2.9 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 1020.

Getting to Biling

Biling is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Biling 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. The nearest villages by name are Baring, Barnam, Baryo and Bha Garang. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.

Common questions about Biling

As per the Census of India 2011, Biling village had a population of 160. That makes it the 18th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 78 residents.

Biling village has 91 males and 69 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Biling has about 758 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 Biling is 175132. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Biling covers 54.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Biling notes the nearest railway station 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 Biling.

Biling is in Lahul tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Biling today is likely to be higher.

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