About Turkal Village

Turkal is a small village in Bangana tehsil, in the district of Una, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 231, made up of 99 males and 132 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,333 females per 1000 males. The village covers 57.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174308, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Turkal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Turkal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Una
Tehsil	Bangana
Pincode	174308
Area (hectares)	57.17 hectares
Population	231
Male Population	99
Female Population	132
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,333
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Turkal compares

By the 2011 count Turkal is the 103rd largest of the 300 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 241 residents. Its 57.17 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1034.

Getting to Turkal

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

Turkal lies about 52 km from Una, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 18 km away. 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 Turkal
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bangana	34 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	37 km
District headquarters	Una	52 km

Villages closest to Turkal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Turkal village had a population of 231. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 300 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 241 residents.

Turkal village has 99 males and 132 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Turkal has about 1333 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1034.

The pincode recorded for Turkal is 174308. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Turkal covers 57.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Turkal falls under Bangana tehsil of Una district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Turkal is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 18 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 Turkal.

Turkal is about 52 km from Una in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Turkal is in Bangana tehsil of Una district. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 18 km away. Bangana is about 34 km away. Dharamsala is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.