About Kerag Village

Kerag is a small village in Nerua tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 59, made up of 35 males and 24 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 686 females per 1000 males. The village covers 60.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kerag Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kerag village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Nerua
Pincode	171210
Area (hectares)	60.6 hectares
Population	59
Male Population	35
Female Population	24
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	686
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kerag compares

By the 2011 count Kerag is the 152nd largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 60.6 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 Kerag

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

Kerag lies about 26 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 Kerag
Tehsil headquarters	Nerua	18 km
District headquarters	Shimla	26 km

Villages closest to Kerag

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 Kerag

As per the Census of India 2011, Kerag village had a population of 59. That makes it the 152nd largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Kerag village has 35 males and 24 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kerag has about 686 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 Kerag is 171210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kerag covers 60.6 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.

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

The census record for Kerag 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 Kerag.

Kerag is about 26 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kerag is in Nerua tehsil of Shimla district. Nerua is about 18 km away. Shimla is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.