About Panel Village

Panel is a mid sized village in Nankhari tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 587, made up of 273 males and 314 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,150 females per 1000 males. The village covers 331 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panel village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Nankhari
Pincode	172001
Area (hectares)	331 hectares
Population	587
Male Population	273
Female Population	314
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,150
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Panel compares

By the 2011 count Panel is the 12th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 312 residents. Its 331 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 977.

Getting to Panel

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

Panel lies about 47 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 Panel
Tehsil headquarters	Nankhari	5.3 km
District headquarters	Shimla	47 km

Villages closest to Panel

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.

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Common questions about Panel

As per the Census of India 2011, Panel village had a population of 587. That makes it the 12th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 312 residents.

Panel village has 273 males and 314 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panel has about 1150 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Panel is 172001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panel covers 331 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Panel 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 Panel.

Panel is about 47 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panel is in Nankhari tehsil of Shimla district. Nankhari is about 5.3 km away. Shimla is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.