About Meling Village

Meling 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 49, made up of 26 males and 23 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 26.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175133, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Meling Overview

Census 2011 figures for Meling village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Lahul and Spiti
Tehsil	Lahul
Pincode	175133
Area (hectares)	26.6 hectares
Population	49
Male Population	26
Female Population	23
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	885
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Meling compares

By the 2011 count Meling is the 58th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 78 residents. Its 26.6 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 Meling

Meling is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Meling 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 Mangoon, Mangsing, Marbal and Meh. 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.

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Common questions about Meling

As per the Census of India 2011, Meling village had a population of 49. That makes it the 58th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 78 residents.

Meling village has 26 males and 23 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Meling has about 885 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 Meling is 175133. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Meling covers 26.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Meling 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 Meling.

Meling 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.