About Shurtang Village

Shurtang 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 35, made up of 17 males and 18 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,059 females per 1000 males. The village covers 19.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175140, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shurtang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shurtang village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Lahul and Spiti
Tehsil	Lahul
Pincode	175140
Area (hectares)	19.64 hectares
Population	35
Male Population	17
Female Population	18
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,059
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shurtang compares

By the 2011 count Shurtang is the 74th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 78 residents. Its 19.64 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Shurtang

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

Shurtang lies about 90 km from Lahul and Spiti, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 11 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 Shurtang
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lahul	23 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	30 km
District headquarters	Lahul and Spiti	90 km

Villages closest to Shurtang

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 Shurtang

As per the Census of India 2011, Shurtang village had a population of 35. That makes it the 74th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 78 residents.

Shurtang village has 17 males and 18 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shurtang has about 1059 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Shurtang is 175140. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shurtang covers 19.64 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Shurtang is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 11 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 Shurtang.

Shurtang is about 90 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.

Shurtang is in Lahul tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 11 km away. Lahul is about 23 km away. Dharamsala is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.