About Loha Village

Loha is a small village in Junga tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 154, made up of 83 males and 71 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 77.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Loha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Loha village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Junga
Pincode	173216
Area (hectares)	77.1 hectares
Population	154
Male Population	83
Female Population	71
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	855
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Loha compares

By the 2011 count Loha is the 28th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 230 residents. Its 77.1 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 951.

Getting to Loha

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

Loha lies about 11 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Shoghi railway station, about 8.6 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 Loha
Tehsil headquarters	Junga	2.3 km
Nearest railway station	Shoghi railway station	8.6 km
District headquarters	Shimla	11 km

Villages closest to Loha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Loha village had a population of 154. That makes it the 28th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 230 residents.

Loha village has 83 males and 71 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Loha has about 855 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Loha is 173216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Loha covers 77.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Loha falls under Junga tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Loha is Shoghi railway station, about 8.6 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Loha.

Loha is about 11 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Loha is in Junga tehsil of Shimla district. Junga is about 2.3 km away. Shoghi railway station is about 8.6 km away. Shimla is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.