About Janog Village

Janog is a small village in Nerua tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 179, made up of 83 males and 96 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,157 females per 1000 males. The village covers 192.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janog Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janog village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Nerua
Pincode	171210
Area (hectares)	192.4 hectares
Population	179
Male Population	83
Female Population	96
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,157
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Janog compares

By the 2011 count Janog is the 84th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 192.4 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 944.

Getting to Janog

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

Janog lies about 19 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 Janog
Tehsil headquarters	Nerua	17 km
District headquarters	Shimla	19 km

Villages closest to Janog

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 Janog

As per the Census of India 2011, Janog village had a population of 179. That makes it the 84th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Janog village has 83 males and 96 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janog has about 1157 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 944.

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

Janog covers 192.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Janog 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 Janog.

Janog is about 19 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janog is in Nerua tehsil of Shimla district. Nerua is about 17 km away. Shimla is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.