About Parahani Village

Parahani is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 190, made up of 101 males and 89 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171007, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Parahani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Parahani village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171007
Area (hectares)	56 hectares
Population	190
Male Population	101
Female Population	89
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	881
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Parahani compares

By the 2011 count Parahani is the 124th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 56 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Parahani

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

Parahani lies about 31 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 Parahani
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	31 km
District headquarters	Shimla	31 km

Villages closest to Parahani

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 Parahani

As per the Census of India 2011, Parahani village had a population of 190. That makes it the 124th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Parahani village has 101 males and 89 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Parahani has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Parahani is 171007. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Parahani covers 56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Parahani 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 Parahani.

Parahani is about 31 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Parahani is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Shimla Rural is about 31 km away. Shimla is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.