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About Panjog Village

Panjog is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 211, made up of 101 males and 110 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,089 females per 1000 males. The village covers 53.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panjog Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panjog village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Shimla Rural
Pincode 171001
Area (hectares) 53.03 hectares
Population 211
Male Population 101
Female Population 110
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,089
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Panjog compares

By the 2011 count Panjog is the 106th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 53.03 hectares work out to about 4.0 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 Panjog

Panjog is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Panjog as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Panjog from other places

Panjog lies about 8.0 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Shoghi railway station, about under 2 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 Panjog
Nearest railway station Shoghi railway station under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Shimla Rural 8.0 km
District headquarters Shimla 8.0 km

Villages closest to Panjog

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 Panjog

As per the Census of India 2011, Panjog village had a population of 211. That makes it the 106th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Panjog village has 101 males and 110 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panjog has about 1089 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Panjog is 171001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panjog covers 53.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Panjog is Shoghi railway station, about under 2 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Panjog.

Panjog is about 8.0 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panjog is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Shoghi railway station is about under 2 km away. Shimla Rural is about 8.0 km away. Shimla is about 8.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Panog (under 2 km), Shogi (under 2 km) and Batlana (under 2 km).

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

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