About Pajeli Village

Pajeli is a small village in Kotkhai tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 322, made up of 164 males and 158 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 963 females per 1000 males. The village covers 64.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171225, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pajeli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pajeli village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Kotkhai
Pincode	171225
Area (hectares)	64.01 hectares
Population	322
Male Population	164
Female Population	158
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	963
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 Pajeli compares

By the 2011 count Pajeli is the 23rd largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 174 residents. Its 64.01 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Pajeli

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

Pajeli lies about 35 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 Pajeli
Tehsil headquarters	Kotkhai	7.8 km
District headquarters	Shimla	35 km

Villages closest to Pajeli

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.

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Common questions about Pajeli

As per the Census of India 2011, Pajeli village had a population of 322. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 174 residents.

Pajeli village has 164 males and 158 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pajeli has about 963 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Pajeli is 171225. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pajeli covers 64.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Pajeli 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 Pajeli.

Pajeli is about 35 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pajeli is in Kotkhai tehsil of Shimla district. Kotkhai is about 7.8 km away. Shimla is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.