About Telga Village

Telga is a mid sized village in Chirgaon tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 831, made up of 442 males and 389 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 417.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Telga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Telga village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Chirgaon
Pincode	171208
Area (hectares)	417.67 hectares
Population	831
Male Population	442
Female Population	389
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	880
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Telga compares

By the 2011 count Telga is the 10th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 397 residents. Its 417.67 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 954.

Getting to Telga

Telga is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Telga as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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. The nearest villages by name are Shiladesh, Sindasli, Sondari and Sunda Bhoura. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Telga

As per the Census of India 2011, Telga village had a population of 831. That makes it the 10th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 397 residents.

Telga village has 442 males and 389 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Telga has about 880 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Telga is 171208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Telga covers 417.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Telga falls under Chirgaon tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Telga notes the nearest railway station 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 5 - 10 km distance for Telga.

Telga is in Chirgaon tehsil of Shimla district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.