About Phalauna Village

Phalauna is a small village in Chaupal tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 30, made up of 17 males and 13 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 765 females per 1000 males. The village covers 30 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171211, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Phalauna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Phalauna village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Chaupal
Pincode	171211
Area (hectares)	30 hectares
Population	30
Male Population	17
Female Population	13
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	765
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Phalauna compares

By the 2011 count Phalauna is the 147th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 185 residents. Its 30 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 945.

Getting to Phalauna

Phalauna is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Phalauna 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Phalauna from other places

Phalauna lies about 58 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 55 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 Phalauna
Tehsil headquarters	Chaupal	15 km
Nearest town	Pāonta Sāhib	47 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	55 km
District headquarters	Shimla	58 km

Villages closest to Phalauna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Phalauna village had a population of 30. That makes it the 147th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 185 residents.

Phalauna village has 17 males and 13 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Phalauna has about 765 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Phalauna is 171211. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Phalauna covers 30 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Phalauna falls under Chaupal tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Phalauna is Salogra, about 55 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Phalauna.

Phalauna is about 58 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Phalauna is in Chaupal tehsil of Shimla district. Chaupal is about 15 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 47 km away. Salogra is about 55 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.