About Munchharah Village

Munchharah is a mid sized village in Rohru tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 801, made up of 406 males and 395 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 973 females per 1000 males. The village covers 259.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Munchharah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Munchharah village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Rohru
Pincode	171207
Area (hectares)	259.95 hectares
Population	801
Male Population	406
Female Population	395
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	973
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Munchharah compares

By the 2011 count Munchharah is the 10th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 330 residents. Its 259.95 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Munchharah

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

Munchharah lies about 61 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 60 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 Munchharah
Tehsil headquarters	Rohru	34 km
Nearest town	Pāonta Sāhib	53 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	60 km
District headquarters	Shimla	61 km

Villages closest to Munchharah

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Rohru 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 Munchharah

As per the Census of India 2011, Munchharah village had a population of 801. That makes it the 10th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 330 residents.

Munchharah village has 406 males and 395 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Munchharah has about 973 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Munchharah is 171207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Munchharah covers 259.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Munchharah falls under Rohru tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Munchharah is Salogra, about 60 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 Munchharah.

Munchharah is about 61 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Munchharah is in Rohru tehsil of Shimla district. Rohru is about 34 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 53 km away. Salogra is about 60 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.