About Parashan Village

Parashan is a small village in Kumharsain tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 179, made up of 90 males and 89 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 989 females per 1000 males. The village covers 46.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172027, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Parashan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Parashan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Kumharsain
Pincode	172027
Area (hectares)	46.53 hectares
Population	179
Male Population	90
Female Population	89
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	989
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Parashan compares

By the 2011 count Parashan is the 88th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 248 residents. Its 46.53 hectares work out to about 3.8 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 1004.

Getting to Parashan

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

Parashan 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 Parashan
Tehsil headquarters	Kumharsain	5.4 km
District headquarters	Shimla	36 km

Villages closest to Parashan

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 Parashan

As per the Census of India 2011, Parashan village had a population of 179. That makes it the 88th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 248 residents.

Parashan village has 90 males and 89 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Parashan has about 989 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 1004.

The pincode recorded for Parashan is 172027. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Parashan covers 46.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Parashan 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 Parashan.

Parashan 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.

Parashan is in Kumharsain tehsil of Shimla district. Kumharsain is about 5.4 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.