About Hud Village

Hud is a small village in Nerua tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 147, made up of 77 males and 70 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 127.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hud Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hud village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Nerua
Pincode	173210
Area (hectares)	127.79 hectares
Population	147
Male Population	77
Female Population	70
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	909
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Hud compares

By the 2011 count Hud is the 100th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 127.79 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Hud

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

Hud lies about 40 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 39 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 Hud
Tehsil headquarters	Nerua	10 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	39 km
District headquarters	Shimla	40 km

Villages closest to Hud

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 Hud

As per the Census of India 2011, Hud village had a population of 147. That makes it the 100th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Hud village has 77 males and 70 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hud has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 944.

The pincode recorded for Hud is 173210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hud covers 127.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Hud is Salogra, about 39 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Hud.

Hud 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.

Hud is in Nerua tehsil of Shimla district. Nerua is about 10 km away. Salogra is about 39 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.