About Nauran Village

Nauran is a small village in Chaupal tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 182, made up of 91 males and 91 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 77.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171211, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Nauran compares

By the 2011 count Nauran is the 66th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 185 residents. Its 77.8 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Nauran

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

Nauran lies about 42 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 39 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.

Villages closest to Nauran

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

• Jangal Naurathalan under 2 km
• Naura under 2 km
• Pujari under 2 km
• Bhatna under 2 km
• Bhut Dhokna under 2 km
• Mishliuna under 2 km

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.