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About Newal Village

Newal is a small village in Seoni tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 35, made up of 17 males and 18 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,059 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171019, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Newal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Newal village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Seoni
Pincode 171019
Area (hectares) 55.74 hectares
Population 35
Male Population 17
Female Population 18
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,059
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Newal compares

By the 2011 count Newal is the 170th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 164 residents. Its 55.74 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Newal

Newal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Newal as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Newal from other places

Newal lies about 23 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 Newal
Tehsil headquarters Seoni 19 km
District headquarters Shimla 23 km

Villages closest to Newal

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 Newal

As per the Census of India 2011, Newal village had a population of 35. That makes it the 170th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 164 residents.

Newal village has 17 males and 18 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Newal has about 1059 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Newal is 171019. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Newal covers 55.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Newal notes the nearest railway station 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 village for Newal.

Newal is about 23 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Newal is in Seoni tehsil of Shimla district. Seoni is about 19 km away. Shimla is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pandoa (under 2 km), Bathora (under 2 km) and Aisha (2.1 km).

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

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