About Nehwat Village

Nehwat is a small village in Seoni tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 342, made up of 166 males and 176 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,060 females per 1000 males. The village covers 128.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171007, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nehwat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nehwat village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Seoni
Pincode	171007
Area (hectares)	128.14 hectares
Population	342
Male Population	166
Female Population	176
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,060
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 Nehwat compares

By the 2011 count Nehwat is the 12th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 164 residents. Its 128.14 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Nehwat

Nehwat is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Nehwat 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 Nehwat from other places

Nehwat lies about 11 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Summer Hill, about 9.4 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 Nehwat
Tehsil headquarters	Seoni	5.0 km
Nearest railway station	Summer Hill	9.4 km
District headquarters	Shimla	11 km

Villages closest to Nehwat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Nehwat village had a population of 342. That makes it the 12th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 164 residents.

Nehwat village has 166 males and 176 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nehwat has about 1060 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Nehwat is 171007. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nehwat covers 128.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Nehwat falls under Seoni tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Nehwat is Summer Hill, about 9.4 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 Nehwat.

Nehwat is about 11 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nehwat is in Seoni tehsil of Shimla district. Seoni is about 5.0 km away. Summer Hill is about 9.4 km away. Shimla is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.