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About Manjhgaon Village

Manjhgaon is a mid sized village in Rampur tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 897, made up of 446 males and 451 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 189.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Manjhgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manjhgaon village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Rampur
Pincode 172107
Area (hectares) 189.12 hectares
Population 897
Male Population 446
Female Population 451
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,011
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Manjhgaon compares

By the 2011 count Manjhgaon is the 15th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 440 residents. Its 189.12 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Manjhgaon

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

Manjhgaon lies about 74 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 Manjhgaon
Tehsil headquarters Rampur 16 km
District headquarters Shimla 74 km

Villages closest to Manjhgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Manjhgaon village had a population of 897. That makes it the 15th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 440 residents.

Manjhgaon village has 446 males and 451 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manjhgaon has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Manjhgaon is 172107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Manjhgaon covers 189.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Manjhgaon falls under Rampur tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Manjhgaon 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 Manjhgaon.

Manjhgaon is about 74 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manjhgaon is in Rampur tehsil of Shimla district. Rampur is about 16 km away. Shimla is about 74 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ragori (under 2 km), Tyawal (under 2 km) and Koshgar (2.3 km).

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

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