About Parog Village

Parog is a small village in Rampur tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 173, made up of 81 males and 92 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,136 females per 1000 males. The village covers 80.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172022, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Parog Overview

Census 2011 figures for Parog village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Rampur
Pincode	172022
Area (hectares)	80.23 hectares
Population	173
Male Population	81
Female Population	92
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,136
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Parog compares

By the 2011 count Parog is the 111th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 440 residents. Its 80.23 hectares work out to about 2.2 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 Parog

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

Parog lies about 63 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 Parog
Tehsil headquarters	Rampur	10 km
District headquarters	Shimla	63 km

Villages closest to Parog

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.

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Common questions about Parog

As per the Census of India 2011, Parog village had a population of 173. That makes it the 111th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 440 residents.

Parog village has 81 males and 92 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Parog has about 1136 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Parog is 172022. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Parog covers 80.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Parog 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 Parog.

Parog is about 63 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Parog is in Rampur tehsil of Shimla district. Rampur is about 10 km away. Shimla is about 63 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.