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About Phagera Village

Phagera is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 184, made up of 99 males and 85 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 859 females per 1000 males. The village covers 75.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171011, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Phagera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Phagera village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Shimla Rural
Pincode 171011
Area (hectares) 75.67 hectares
Population 184
Male Population 99
Female Population 85
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 859
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Phagera compares

By the 2011 count Phagera is the 131st largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 75.67 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 Phagera

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

Phagera lies about 9.8 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 5.6 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 Phagera
Nearest railway station Jutogh 5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Shimla Rural 9.8 km
District headquarters Shimla 9.8 km

Villages closest to Phagera

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 Phagera

As per the Census of India 2011, Phagera village had a population of 184. That makes it the 131st largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Phagera village has 99 males and 85 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Phagera has about 859 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 Phagera is 171011. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Phagera covers 75.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Phagera is Jutogh, about 5.6 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 <5 km distance for Phagera.

Phagera is about 9.8 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Phagera is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Jutogh is about 5.6 km away. Shimla Rural is about 9.8 km away. Shimla is about 9.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Panesh (under 2 km), Diashri (under 2 km) and Chaog (under 2 km).

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

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