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About Manewal Village

Manewal is a small village in Kotkhai tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 86, made up of 41 males and 45 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,098 females per 1000 males. The village covers 54.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Manewal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manewal village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Kotkhai
Pincode 171202
Area (hectares) 54.37 hectares
Population 86
Male Population 41
Female Population 45
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,098
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Manewal compares

By the 2011 count Manewal is the 157th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 174 residents. Its 54.37 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Manewal

Manewal is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Manewal as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Manewal from other places

Manewal lies about 33 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 Manewal
Tehsil headquarters Kotkhai 2.6 km
District headquarters Shimla 33 km

Villages closest to Manewal

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

Common questions about Manewal

As per the Census of India 2011, Manewal village had a population of 86. That makes it the 157th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 174 residents.

Manewal village has 41 males and 45 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manewal has about 1098 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Manewal is 171202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Manewal covers 54.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Manewal falls under Kotkhai tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Manewal notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Manewal.

Manewal is about 33 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manewal is in Kotkhai tehsil of Shimla district. Kotkhai is about 2.6 km away. Shimla is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Purag (under 2 km), Satahi (under 2 km) and Bagra I (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Manewal today is likely to be higher.

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