About Nahana Village

Nahana is a small village in Kumharsain tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 57, made up of 33 males and 24 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 727 females per 1000 males. The village covers 10.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172030, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nahana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nahana village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Kumharsain
Pincode	172030
Area (hectares)	10.81 hectares
Population	57
Male Population	33
Female Population	24
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	727
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nahana compares

By the 2011 count Nahana is the 149th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 248 residents. Its 10.81 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Nahana

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

Nahana lies about 41 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 Nahana
Tehsil headquarters	Kumharsain	5.5 km
District headquarters	Shimla	41 km

Villages closest to Nahana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Nahana village had a population of 57. That makes it the 149th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 248 residents.

Nahana village has 33 males and 24 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nahana has about 727 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Nahana is 172030. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nahana covers 10.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Nahana falls under Kumharsain tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Nahana 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 Nahana.

Nahana is about 41 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nahana is in Kumharsain tehsil of Shimla district. Kumharsain is about 5.5 km away. Shimla is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.