About Phukchung Village

Phukchung 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 20, made up of 9 males and 11 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,222 females per 1000 males. The village covers 151.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Phukchung Overview

Census 2011 figures for Phukchung village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Lahul and Spiti
Tehsil	Spiti
Pincode	172117
Area (hectares)	151.56 hectares
Population	20
Male Population	9
Female Population	11
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,222
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Phukchung compares

By the 2011 count Phukchung is the 62nd largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 152 residents. Its 151.56 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1109.

Getting to Phukchung

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

Phukchung lies about 111 km from Lahul and Spiti, and the nearest railway station is Zero Point, about 114 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 Phukchung
Tehsil headquarters	Spiti	16 km
District headquarters	Lahul and Spiti	111 km
Nearest town	Mandi	111 km
Nearest railway station	Zero Point	114 km

Villages closest to Phukchung

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 Phukchung

As per the Census of India 2011, Phukchung village had a population of 20. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 152 residents.

Phukchung village has 9 males and 11 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Phukchung has about 1222 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1109.

The pincode recorded for Phukchung is 172117. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Phukchung covers 151.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Phukchung is Zero Point, about 114 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 Phukchung.

Phukchung 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.

Phukchung is in Spiti tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district. Spiti is about 16 km away. Lahul and Spiti is about 111 km away. Mandi is about 111 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.