About Piran Village

Piran is a mid sized village in Junga tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,175, made up of 622 males and 553 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1120.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173217, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Piran Overview

Census 2011 figures for Piran village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Junga
Pincode	173217
Area (hectares)	1120.32 hectares
Population	1,175
Male Population	622
Female Population	553
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	889
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Piran compares

By the 2011 count Piran is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 230 residents. Its 1120.32 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 951.

Getting to Piran

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

Piran lies about 19 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 16 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 Piran
Tehsil headquarters	Junga	11 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	16 km
District headquarters	Shimla	19 km

Villages closest to Piran

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 Piran

As per the Census of India 2011, Piran village had a population of 1,175. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 230 residents.

Piran village has 622 males and 553 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Piran has about 889 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 Piran is 173217. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Piran covers 1120.32 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Piran is Salogra, about 16 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 village for Piran.

Piran is about 19 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Piran is in Junga tehsil of Shimla district. Junga is about 11 km away. Salogra is about 16 km away. Shimla is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.