About Sanglung Village

Sanglung 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 14, made up of 6 males and 8 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,333 females per 1000 males. The village covers 70.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sanglung Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sanglung village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Lahul and Spiti
Tehsil	Spiti
Pincode	172113
Area (hectares)	70.16 hectares
Population	14
Male Population	6
Female Population	8
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,333
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sanglung compares

By the 2011 count Sanglung is the 64th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 152 residents. Its 70.16 hectares work out to about 0.2 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 Sanglung

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

Sanglung lies about 118 km from Lahul and Spiti, and the nearest railway station is Zero Point, about 130 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 Sanglung
Tehsil headquarters	Spiti	6.1 km
District headquarters	Lahul and Spiti	118 km
Nearest town	Mandi	130 km
Nearest railway station	Zero Point	130 km

Villages closest to Sanglung

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 Sanglung

As per the Census of India 2011, Sanglung village had a population of 14. That makes it the 64th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 152 residents.

Sanglung village has 6 males and 8 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sanglung has about 1333 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1109.

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

Sanglung covers 70.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Sanglung is Zero Point, about 130 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 Sanglung.

Sanglung is about 118 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.

Sanglung is in Spiti tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district. Spiti is about 6.1 km away. Lahul and Spiti is about 118 km away. Mandi is about 130 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.