About Kayan Village

Kayan is a small village in Sundarnagar tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 215, made up of 186 males and 29 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 156 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175022, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kayan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kayan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Sundarnagar
Pincode	175022
Area (hectares)	106.9 hectares
Population	215
Male Population	186
Female Population	29
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	156
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kayan compares

By the 2011 count Kayan is the 117th largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 549 residents. Its 106.9 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 993.

Getting to Kayan

Kayan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kayan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Kayan from other places

Kayan lies about 41 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Summer Hill, about 29 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 Kayan
Tehsil headquarters	Sundarnagar	26 km
Nearest railway station	Summer Hill	29 km
District headquarters	Mandi	41 km

Villages closest to Kayan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kayan village had a population of 215. That makes it the 117th largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 549 residents.

Kayan village has 186 males and 29 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kayan has about 156 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Kayan is 175022. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kayan covers 106.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kayan falls under Sundarnagar tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kayan is Summer Hill, about 29 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 5 - 10 km distance for Kayan.

Kayan is about 41 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kayan is in Sundarnagar tehsil of Mandi district. Sundarnagar is about 26 km away. Summer Hill is about 29 km away. Mandi is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.