About Halau Village

Halau is a small village in Nerua tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 132, made up of 71 males and 61 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 859 females per 1000 males. The village covers 130.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Halau Overview

Census 2011 figures for Halau village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Nerua
Pincode	171210
Area (hectares)	130.06 hectares
Population	132
Male Population	71
Female Population	61
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	859
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Halau compares

By the 2011 count Halau is the 110th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 130.06 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Halau

Halau is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Halau as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Halau from other places

Halau lies about 58 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 55 km away. 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 Halau
Tehsil headquarters	Nerua	26 km
Nearest town	Pāonta Sāhib	47 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	55 km
District headquarters	Shimla	58 km

Villages closest to Halau

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Halau village had a population of 132. That makes it the 110th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Halau village has 71 males and 61 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Halau has about 859 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 944.

The pincode recorded for Halau is 171210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Halau covers 130.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Halau falls under Nerua tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Halau is Salogra, about 55 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Halau.

Halau is about 58 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Halau is in Nerua tehsil of Shimla district. Nerua is about 26 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 47 km away. Salogra is about 55 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.