About Youl Chung Village

Youl Chung is a small village in Khalsi tehsil, in the district of Leh, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 261, made up of 136 males and 125 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 919 females per 1000 males. The village covers 182.9 hectares hectares.

How Youl Chung compares

By the 2011 count Youl Chung is the 19th largest of the 23 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 743 residents. Its 182.9 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Youl Chung

Youl Chung is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Youl Chung as Available within 10+ km distance. 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. The nearest villages by name are Takmachik, Tarhipti, Temisgam and Tia. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.