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About Manjhdharti Village

Manjhdharti is a small village in Nankhari tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 237, made up of 126 males and 111 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 62.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172021, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Manjhdharti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manjhdharti village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Nankhari
Pincode 172021
Area (hectares) 62.35 hectares
Population 237
Male Population 126
Female Population 111
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 881
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Manjhdharti compares

By the 2011 count Manjhdharti is the 46th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 312 residents. Its 62.35 hectares work out to about 3.8 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 977.

Getting to Manjhdharti

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

Manjhdharti 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 Manjhdharti
Tehsil headquarters Nankhari 15 km
District headquarters Shimla 40 km

Villages closest to Manjhdharti

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

Common questions about Manjhdharti

As per the Census of India 2011, Manjhdharti village had a population of 237. That makes it the 46th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 312 residents.

Manjhdharti village has 126 males and 111 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manjhdharti has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Manjhdharti is 172021. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Manjhdharti covers 62.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Manjhdharti falls under Nankhari tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Manjhdharti 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 Manjhdharti.

Manjhdharti 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.

Manjhdharti is in Nankhari tehsil of Shimla district. Nankhari is about 15 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.

The closest recorded villages are D P F Khmothi Dhar (under 2 km), D P F Ktardhar (under 2 km) and Kofar Dhar (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Manjhdharti today is likely to be higher.

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