About Majh Gaon Village

Majh Gaon is a small village in Cheta tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 158, made up of 86 males and 72 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 837 females per 1000 males. The village covers 190.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Majh Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Majh Gaon village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Cheta
Pincode	171210
Area (hectares)	190.38 hectares
Population	158
Male Population	86
Female Population	72
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	837
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 Majh Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Majh Gaon is the 43rd largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 336 residents. Its 190.38 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 935.

Getting to Majh Gaon

Majh Gaon is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Majh Gaon 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 Majh Gaon from other places

Majh Gaon lies about 10 km from Shimla. 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 Majh Gaon
Tehsil headquarters	Cheta	10 km
District headquarters	Shimla	10 km

Villages closest to Majh Gaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Cheta 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 Majh Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Majh Gaon village had a population of 158. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 336 residents.

Majh Gaon village has 86 males and 72 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majh Gaon has about 837 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Majh Gaon is 171210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Majh Gaon covers 190.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Majh Gaon falls under Cheta tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Majh Gaon 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 Majh Gaon.

Majh Gaon is about 10 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Majh Gaon is in Cheta tehsil of Shimla district. Cheta is about 10 km away. Shimla is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.