About Hurling Village

Hurling is a small village in Spiti tehsil, in the district of Lahul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 218, made up of 143 males and 75 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 524 females per 1000 males. The village covers 93.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hurling Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hurling village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Lahul and Spiti
Tehsil	Spiti
Pincode	172113
Area (hectares)	93.51 hectares
Population	218
Male Population	143
Female Population	75
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	524
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Hurling compares

By the 2011 count Hurling is the 19th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 152 residents. Its 93.51 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 1109.

Getting to Hurling

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

Hurling lies about 152 km from Lahul and Spiti, and the nearest railway station is Zero Point, about 162 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 Hurling
Tehsil headquarters	Spiti	33 km
District headquarters	Lahul and Spiti	152 km
Nearest town	Mandi	158 km
Nearest railway station	Zero Point	162 km

Villages closest to Hurling

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Spiti 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 Hurling

As per the Census of India 2011, Hurling village had a population of 218. That makes it the 19th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 152 residents.

Hurling village has 143 males and 75 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hurling has about 524 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1109.

The pincode recorded for Hurling is 172113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hurling covers 93.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Hurling is Zero Point, about 162 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 Hurling.

Hurling is about 152 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.

Hurling is in Spiti tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district. Spiti is about 33 km away. Lahul and Spiti is about 152 km away. Mandi is about 158 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.