About Kals Village

Kals is a small village in Bhadrota tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 280, made up of 162 males and 118 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 728 females per 1000 males. The village covers 103.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175049, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kals Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kals village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Bhadrota
Pincode	175049
Area (hectares)	103.7 hectares
Population	280
Male Population	162
Female Population	118
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	728
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kals compares

By the 2011 count Kals is the 28th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 234 residents. Its 103.7 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 1032.

Getting to Kals

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

Kals lies about 14 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Joginder Nagar, about 30 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 Kals
Tehsil headquarters	Bhadrota	5.0 km
District headquarters	Mandi	14 km
Nearest railway station	Joginder Nagar	30 km

Villages closest to Kals

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kals village had a population of 280. That makes it the 28th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 234 residents.

Kals village has 162 males and 118 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kals has about 728 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1032.

The pincode recorded for Kals is 175049. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kals covers 103.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kals falls under Bhadrota tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kals is Joginder Nagar, about 30 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 Kals.

Kals is about 14 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kals is in Bhadrota tehsil of Mandi district. Bhadrota is about 5.0 km away. Mandi is about 14 km away. Joginder Nagar is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.