About Poh Village

Poh 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 313, made up of 146 males and 167 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,144 females per 1000 males. The village covers 113.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Poh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Poh village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Lahul and Spiti
Tehsil	Spiti
Pincode	172113
Area (hectares)	113.26 hectares
Population	313
Male Population	146
Female Population	167
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,144
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Poh compares

By the 2011 count Poh is the 11th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 152 residents. Its 113.26 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1109.

Getting to Poh

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

Poh lies about 133 km from Lahul and Spiti, and the nearest railway station is Zero Point, about 140 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 Poh
Tehsil headquarters	Spiti	12 km
District headquarters	Lahul and Spiti	133 km
Nearest town	Mandi	136 km
Nearest railway station	Zero Point	140 km

Villages closest to Poh

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 Poh

As per the Census of India 2011, Poh village had a population of 313. That makes it the 11th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 152 residents.

Poh village has 146 males and 167 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Poh has about 1144 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1109.

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

Poh covers 113.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Poh is Zero Point, about 140 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 Poh.

Poh is about 133 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.

Poh is in Spiti tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district. Spiti is about 12 km away. Lahul and Spiti is about 133 km away. Mandi is about 136 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.