About Phaula Village

Phaula is a small village in Nankhari tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 122, made up of 59 males and 63 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,068 females per 1000 males. The village covers 58.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172002, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Phaula Overview

Census 2011 figures for Phaula village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Nankhari
Pincode	172002
Area (hectares)	58.41 hectares
Population	122
Male Population	59
Female Population	63
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,068
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Phaula compares

By the 2011 count Phaula is the 69th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 312 residents. Its 58.41 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Phaula

Phaula is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Phaula as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Phaula from other places

Phaula lies about 39 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 Phaula
Tehsil headquarters	Nankhari	19 km
District headquarters	Shimla	39 km

Villages closest to Phaula

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 Phaula

As per the Census of India 2011, Phaula village had a population of 122. That makes it the 69th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 312 residents.

Phaula village has 59 males and 63 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Phaula has about 1068 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Phaula is 172002. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Phaula covers 58.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Phaula 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 10+ km distance for Phaula.

Phaula is about 39 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Phaula is in Nankhari tehsil of Shimla district. Nankhari is about 19 km away. Shimla is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.