About Lelan Village

Lelan is a mid sized village in Nankhari tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 667, made up of 330 males and 337 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,021 females per 1000 males. The village covers 407 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lelan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lelan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Nankhari
Pincode	172001
Area (hectares)	407 hectares
Population	667
Male Population	330
Female Population	337
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,021
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lelan compares

By the 2011 count Lelan is the 8th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 312 residents. Its 407 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Lelan

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

Lelan lies about 48 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 Lelan
Tehsil headquarters	Nankhari	5.0 km
District headquarters	Shimla	48 km

Villages closest to Lelan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lelan village had a population of 667. That makes it the 8th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 312 residents.

Lelan village has 330 males and 337 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lelan has about 1021 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Lelan is 172001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lelan covers 407 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Lelan falls under Nankhari tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Lelan 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 5 - 10 km distance for Lelan.

Lelan is about 48 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lelan is in Nankhari tehsil of Shimla district. Nankhari is about 5.0 km away. Shimla is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.