About Kalaun Village

Kalaun is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 143, made up of 80 males and 63 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 788 females per 1000 males. The village covers 171 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalaun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalaun village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Theog
Pincode	171226
Area (hectares)	171 hectares
Population	143
Male Population	80
Female Population	63
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	788
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kalaun compares

By the 2011 count Kalaun is the 217th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 171 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 990.

Getting to Kalaun

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

Kalaun lies about 27 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 Kalaun
Tehsil headquarters	Theog	26 km
District headquarters	Shimla	27 km

Villages closest to Kalaun

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.

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Common questions about Kalaun

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalaun village had a population of 143. That makes it the 217th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Kalaun village has 80 males and 63 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalaun has about 788 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Kalaun is 171226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalaun covers 171 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kalaun falls under Theog tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Kalaun 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 Kalaun.

Kalaun is about 27 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalaun is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 26 km away. Shimla is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.