About Kangal Village

Kangal is a small village in Kumharsain tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 353, made up of 172 males and 181 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,052 females per 1000 males. The village covers 93.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171212, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kangal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kangal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Kumharsain
Pincode	171212
Area (hectares)	93.44 hectares
Population	353
Male Population	172
Female Population	181
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,052
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kangal compares

By the 2011 count Kangal is the 38th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 248 residents. Its 93.44 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Kangal

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

Kangal lies about 26 km from Shimla. 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 Kangal
Tehsil headquarters	Kumharsain	9.6 km
District headquarters	Shimla	26 km

Villages closest to Kangal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kangal village had a population of 353. That makes it the 38th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 248 residents.

Kangal village has 172 males and 181 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kangal has about 1052 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Kangal is 171212. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kangal covers 93.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kangal falls under Kumharsain tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Kangal notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Kangal.

Kangal is about 26 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kangal is in Kumharsain tehsil of Shimla district. Kumharsain is about 9.6 km away. Shimla is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.