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About Tashi Gang Village

Tashi Gang 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 40, made up of 23 males and 17 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 739 females per 1000 males. The village covers 69.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tashi Gang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tashi Gang village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Lahul and Spiti
Tehsil Spiti
Pincode 172114
Area (hectares) 69.51 hectares
Population 40
Male Population 23
Female Population 17
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 739
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Tashi Gang compares

By the 2011 count Tashi Gang is the 54th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 152 residents. Its 69.51 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1109.

Getting to Tashi Gang

Tashi Gang is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Tashi Gang as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Tashi Gang from other places

Tashi Gang lies about 99 km from Lahul and Spiti, and the nearest railway station is Zero Point, about 118 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 Tashi Gang
Tehsil headquarters Spiti 26 km
District headquarters Lahul and Spiti 99 km
Nearest railway station Zero Point 118 km
Nearest town Mandi 124 km

Villages closest to Tashi Gang

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.

Common questions about Tashi Gang

As per the Census of India 2011, Tashi Gang village had a population of 40. That makes it the 54th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 152 residents.

Tashi Gang village has 23 males and 17 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tashi Gang has about 739 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 Tashi Gang is 172114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tashi Gang covers 69.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Tashi Gang is Zero Point, about 118 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Tashi Gang.

Tashi Gang is about 99 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.

Tashi Gang is in Spiti tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district. Spiti is about 26 km away. Lahul and Spiti is about 99 km away. Zero Point is about 118 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Thinam (2.2 km), Langja (2.6 km) and Dhar Kidul (4.0 km).

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

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