About Parsal Village

Parsal is a small village in Kotkhai tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 266, made up of 132 males and 134 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 79.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Parsal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Parsal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Kotkhai
Pincode	171202
Area (hectares)	79.73 hectares
Population	266
Male Population	132
Female Population	134
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,015
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Parsal compares

By the 2011 count Parsal is the 42nd largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 174 residents. Its 79.73 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Parsal

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

Parsal lies about 40 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 Parsal
Tehsil headquarters	Kotkhai	4.1 km
District headquarters	Shimla	40 km

Villages closest to Parsal

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 Parsal

As per the Census of India 2011, Parsal village had a population of 266. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 174 residents.

Parsal village has 132 males and 134 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Parsal has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 981.

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

Parsal covers 79.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Parsal 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 Parsal.

Parsal is about 40 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Parsal is in Kotkhai tehsil of Shimla district. Kotkhai is about 4.1 km away. Shimla is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.