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About Yoche Village

Yoche 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 95, made up of 57 males and 38 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 667 females per 1000 males. The village covers 22.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175132, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Yoche Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yoche village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Lahul and Spiti
Tehsil Lahul
Pincode 175132
Area (hectares) 22.54 hectares
Population 95
Male Population 57
Female Population 38
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 667
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Yoche compares

By the 2011 count Yoche is the 31st largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 78 residents. Its 22.54 hectares work out to about 4.2 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 Yoche

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

Yoche lies about 86 km from Lahul and Spiti, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 5.8 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 Yoche
Nearest railway station Sulah Himachal Pradesh 5.8 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 25 km
Tehsil headquarters Lahul 29 km
District headquarters Lahul and Spiti 86 km

Villages closest to Yoche

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.

Common questions about Yoche

As per the Census of India 2011, Yoche village had a population of 95. That makes it the 31st largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 78 residents.

Yoche village has 57 males and 38 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yoche has about 667 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 Yoche is 175132. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Yoche covers 22.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Yoche is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 5.8 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 Yoche.

Yoche is about 86 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.

Yoche is in Lahul tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 5.8 km away. Dharamsala is about 25 km away. Lahul is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghambari (4.1 km), Shurtang (5.8 km) and Gopa Thang (6.3 km).

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

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