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About Purani Koti Village

Purani Koti is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 56, made up of 26 males and 30 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,154 females per 1000 males. The village covers 28.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171007, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purani Koti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purani Koti village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Shimla Rural
Pincode 171007
Area (hectares) 28.85 hectares
Population 56
Male Population 26
Female Population 30
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,154
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Purani Koti compares

By the 2011 count Purani Koti is the 357th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 28.85 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 Purani Koti

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

Purani Koti lies about 28 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Barog, about 3.0 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 Purani Koti
Nearest railway station Barog 3.0 km
Nearest town Solan 5.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Shimla Rural 28 km
District headquarters Shimla 28 km

Villages closest to Purani Koti

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 Purani Koti

As per the Census of India 2011, Purani Koti village had a population of 56. That makes it the 357th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Purani Koti village has 26 males and 30 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purani Koti has about 1154 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

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

Purani Koti covers 28.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Purani Koti falls under Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Purani Koti is Barog, about 3.0 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 Purani Koti.

Purani Koti is about 28 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purani Koti is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Barog is about 3.0 km away. Solan is about 5.7 km away. Shimla Rural is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jangal Mulkoti (under 2 km), Kufri Koti (under 2 km) and Jatol (4.7 km).

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

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