About Pajol Village

Pajol is a small village in Kotkhai tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 97, made up of 56 males and 41 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 732 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pajol Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pajol village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Kotkhai
Pincode	171202
Area (hectares)	106 hectares
Population	97
Male Population	56
Female Population	41
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	732
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pajol compares

By the 2011 count Pajol is the 149th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 174 residents. Its 106 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 981.

Getting to Pajol

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

Pajol lies about 36 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 Pajol
Tehsil headquarters	Kotkhai	3.4 km
District headquarters	Shimla	36 km

Villages closest to Pajol

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 Pajol

As per the Census of India 2011, Pajol village had a population of 97. That makes it the 149th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 174 residents.

Pajol village has 56 males and 41 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pajol has about 732 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

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

Pajol covers 106 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Pajol notes the nearest railway station 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 Pajol.

Pajol is about 36 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pajol is in Kotkhai tehsil of Shimla district. Kotkhai is about 3.4 km away. Shimla is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.