About Pyojna Village

Pyojna is a small village in Nankhari tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 118, made up of 61 males and 57 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 61.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172021, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pyojna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pyojna village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Nankhari
Pincode	172021
Area (hectares)	61.87 hectares
Population	118
Male Population	61
Female Population	57
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	934
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pyojna compares

By the 2011 count Pyojna is the 70th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 312 residents. Its 61.87 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Pyojna

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

Pyojna 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 Pyojna
Tehsil headquarters	Nankhari	6.6 km
District headquarters	Shimla	40 km

Villages closest to Pyojna

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 Pyojna

As per the Census of India 2011, Pyojna village had a population of 118. That makes it the 70th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 312 residents.

Pyojna village has 61 males and 57 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pyojna has about 934 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 977.

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

Pyojna covers 61.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Pyojna 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 Pyojna.

Pyojna 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.

Pyojna is in Nankhari tehsil of Shimla district. Nankhari is about 6.6 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.