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About Garhog Village

Garhog is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 51, made up of 25 males and 26 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,040 females per 1000 males. The village covers 36.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171012, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Garhog Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garhog village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Shimla Rural
Pincode 171012
Area (hectares) 36.79 hectares
Population 51
Male Population 25
Female Population 26
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,040
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Garhog compares

By the 2011 count Garhog is the 379th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 36.79 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Garhog

Garhog is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Garhog as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Garhog from other places

Garhog lies about 5.5 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 Garhog
Tehsil headquarters Shimla Rural 5.5 km
District headquarters Shimla 5.5 km

Villages closest to Garhog

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shimla Rural 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 Garhog

As per the Census of India 2011, Garhog village had a population of 51. That makes it the 379th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Garhog village has 25 males and 26 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garhog has about 1040 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Garhog is 171012. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Garhog covers 36.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Garhog falls under Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Garhog 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 <5 km distance for Garhog.

Garhog is about 5.5 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Garhog is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Shimla Rural is about 5.5 km away. Shimla is about 5.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kalali (under 2 km), Up Muhal Dhalli Ii (1.6 km) and Maluth (1.9 km).

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

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