About Maghara Village

Maghara is a small village in Jubbal tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 196, made up of 102 males and 94 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171215, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maghara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maghara village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Jubbal
Pincode	171215
Area (hectares)	52 hectares
Population	196
Male Population	102
Female Population	94
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	922
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Maghara compares

By the 2011 count Maghara is the 75th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 267 residents. Its 52 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Maghara

Maghara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Maghara as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Maghara from other places

Maghara lies about 57 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 54 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 Maghara
Tehsil headquarters	Jubbal	26 km
Nearest town	Pāonta Sāhib	49 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	54 km
District headquarters	Shimla	57 km

Villages closest to Maghara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maghara village had a population of 196. That makes it the 75th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 267 residents.

Maghara village has 102 males and 94 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maghara has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Maghara is 171215. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maghara covers 52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Maghara falls under Jubbal tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Maghara is Salogra, about 54 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 village for Maghara.

Maghara is about 57 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maghara is in Jubbal tehsil of Shimla district. Jubbal is about 26 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 49 km away. Salogra is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.