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About Sanog Village

Sanog is a small village in Nerua tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 109, made up of 54 males and 55 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 56.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sanog Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sanog village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Nerua
Pincode 171210
Area (hectares) 56.36 hectares
Population 109
Male Population 54
Female Population 55
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,019
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sanog compares

By the 2011 count Sanog is the 129th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 56.36 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 Sanog

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

Sanog 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 Sanog
Tehsil headquarters Nerua 18 km
District headquarters Shimla 19 km

Villages closest to Sanog

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.

Common questions about Sanog

As per the Census of India 2011, Sanog village had a population of 109. That makes it the 129th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Sanog village has 54 males and 55 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sanog has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 944.

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

Sanog covers 56.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Sanog 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 Sanog.

Sanog 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.

Sanog is in Nerua tehsil of Shimla district. Nerua is about 18 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.

The closest recorded villages are D P F Khilar (3.1 km), Up Mahal Bijmal (5.6 km) and Up Mahal Kufar (6.1 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Sanog today is likely to be higher.

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