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About Galu Kalan Village

Galu Kalan is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 243, made up of 116 males and 127 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,095 females per 1000 males. The village covers 129.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Galu Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Galu Kalan village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Theog
Pincode 171209
Area (hectares) 129.27 hectares
Population 243
Male Population 116
Female Population 127
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,095
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Galu Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Galu Kalan is the 114th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 129.27 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 990.

Getting to Galu Kalan

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

Galu Kalan lies about 12 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 Galu Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Theog 7.6 km
District headquarters Shimla 12 km

Villages closest to Galu Kalan

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

Common questions about Galu Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Galu Kalan village had a population of 243. That makes it the 114th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Galu Kalan village has 116 males and 127 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Galu Kalan has about 1095 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Galu Kalan is 171209. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Galu Kalan covers 129.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Galu Kalan falls under Theog tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Galu Kalan 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 km distance for Galu Kalan.

Galu Kalan is about 12 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Galu Kalan is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 7.6 km away. Shimla is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Galu Khurd (under 2 km), Jangal Kangar (under 2 km) and Bagna (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Galu Kalan today is likely to be higher.

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