About Sarkhang Village

Sarkhang 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 7, made up of 4 males and 3 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 750 females per 1000 males. The village covers 6.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175140, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sarkhang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sarkhang village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Lahul and Spiti
Tehsil	Lahul
Pincode	175140
Area (hectares)	6.63 hectares
Population	7
Male Population	4
Female Population	3
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	750
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sarkhang compares

By the 2011 count Sarkhang is the 117th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 78 residents. Its 6.63 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 Sarkhang

Sarkhang is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Sarkhang as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Sarkhang from other places

Sarkhang lies about 111 km from Lahul and Spiti, and the nearest railway station is Buffer Stop, about 40 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 Sarkhang
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lahul	34 km
Nearest railway station	Buffer Stop	40 km
District headquarters	Lahul and Spiti	111 km

Villages closest to Sarkhang

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 Sarkhang

As per the Census of India 2011, Sarkhang village had a population of 7. That makes it the 117th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 78 residents.

Sarkhang village has 4 males and 3 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sarkhang has about 750 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 Sarkhang is 175140. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sarkhang covers 6.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Sarkhang is Buffer Stop, about 40 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Sarkhang.

Sarkhang is about 111 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.

Sarkhang is in Lahul tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district. Sundarnagar is about 13 km away. Lahul is about 34 km away. Buffer Stop is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.