About Halog Village

Halog is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 262, made up of 115 males and 147 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,278 females per 1000 males. The village covers 109.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Halog Overview

Census 2011 figures for Halog village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171103
Area (hectares)	109.45 hectares
Population	262
Male Population	115
Female Population	147
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,278
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Halog compares

By the 2011 count Halog is the 69th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 109.45 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Halog

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

Halog lies about 15 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 12 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 Halog
Nearest railway station	Jutogh	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	15 km
District headquarters	Shimla	15 km

Villages closest to Halog

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.

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Common questions about Halog

As per the Census of India 2011, Halog village had a population of 262. That makes it the 69th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Halog village has 115 males and 147 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Halog has about 1278 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Halog is 171103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Halog covers 109.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Halog is Jutogh, about 12 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Halog.

Halog is about 15 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Halog is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Jutogh is about 12 km away. Shimla Rural is about 15 km away. Shimla is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.