About Pujari Village

Pujari is a small village in Chaupal tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 114, made up of 54 males and 60 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,111 females per 1000 males. The village covers 43.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171211, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pujari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pujari village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Chaupal
Pincode	171211
Area (hectares)	43.7 hectares
Population	114
Male Population	54
Female Population	60
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,111
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 Pujari compares

By the 2011 count Pujari is the 101st largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 185 residents. Its 43.7 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 Pujari

Pujari is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Pujari 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Pujari from other places

Pujari lies about 42 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 40 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 Pujari
Tehsil headquarters	Chaupal	6.2 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	40 km
Nearest town	Solan	42 km
District headquarters	Shimla	42 km

Villages closest to Pujari

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 Pujari

As per the Census of India 2011, Pujari village had a population of 114. That makes it the 101st largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 185 residents.

Pujari village has 54 males and 60 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pujari has about 1111 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

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

Pujari covers 43.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Pujari is Salogra, about 40 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 10+ km distance for Pujari.

Pujari is about 42 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pujari is in Chaupal tehsil of Shimla district. Chaupal is about 6.2 km away. Salogra is about 40 km away. Solan is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.