About Bohar Village

Bohar is a small village in Nerua tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 267, made up of 141 males and 126 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 152 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bohar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bohar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Nerua
Pincode	171210
Area (hectares)	152 hectares
Population	267
Male Population	141
Female Population	126
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	894
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bohar compares

By the 2011 count Bohar is the 43rd largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 152 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 Bohar

Bohar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Bohar as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Bohar from other places

Bohar lies about 62 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 57 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 Bohar
Tehsil headquarters	Nerua	32 km
Nearest town	Pāonta Sāhib	41 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	57 km
District headquarters	Shimla	62 km

Villages closest to Bohar

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 Bohar

As per the Census of India 2011, Bohar village had a population of 267. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Bohar village has 141 males and 126 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bohar has about 894 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 Bohar is 171210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bohar covers 152 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Bohar is Salogra, about 57 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Bohar.

Bohar is about 62 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bohar is in Nerua tehsil of Shimla district. Nerua is about 32 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 41 km away. Salogra is about 57 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.