About Shoon Village

Shoon is a small village in Pangi tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 267, made up of 139 males and 128 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 480.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176323, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shoon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shoon village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Pangi
Pincode	176323
Area (hectares)	480.57 hectares
Population	267
Male Population	139
Female Population	128
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	921
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shoon compares

By the 2011 count Shoon is the 34th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 314 residents. Its 480.57 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 940.

Getting to Shoon

Shoon is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Shoon as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Sach, Sahli, Saichu and Seri. 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.

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Common questions about Shoon

As per the Census of India 2011, Shoon village had a population of 267. That makes it the 34th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 314 residents.

Shoon village has 139 males and 128 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shoon has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 940.

The pincode recorded for Shoon is 176323. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shoon covers 480.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shoon falls under Pangi tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Shoon notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Shoon.

Shoon is in Pangi tehsil of Chamba district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.