About Saroga Village

Saroga is a small village in Kumharsain tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 122, made up of 56 males and 66 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,179 females per 1000 males. The village covers 70 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172030, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saroga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saroga village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Kumharsain
Pincode	172030
Area (hectares)	70 hectares
Population	122
Male Population	56
Female Population	66
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,179
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Saroga compares

By the 2011 count Saroga is the 118th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 248 residents. Its 70 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Saroga

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

Saroga 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 Saroga
Tehsil headquarters	Kumharsain	6.0 km
District headquarters	Shimla	40 km

Villages closest to Saroga

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 Saroga

As per the Census of India 2011, Saroga village had a population of 122. That makes it the 118th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 248 residents.

Saroga village has 56 males and 66 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saroga has about 1179 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

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

Saroga covers 70 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Saroga 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 Saroga.

Saroga 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.

Saroga is in Kumharsain tehsil of Shimla district. Kumharsain is about 6.0 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.