About Majhar Village

Majhar is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 125, made up of 62 males and 63 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171007, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Majhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Majhar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171007
Area (hectares)	78 hectares
Population	125
Male Population	62
Female Population	63
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,016
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Majhar compares

By the 2011 count Majhar is the 194th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 78 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Majhar

Majhar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Majhar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Majhar from other places

Majhar lies about 7.1 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 Majhar
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	7.1 km
District headquarters	Shimla	7.1 km

Villages closest to Majhar

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 Majhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Majhar village had a population of 125. That makes it the 194th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Majhar village has 62 males and 63 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majhar has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 987.

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

Majhar covers 78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Majhar 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 5 - 10 km distance for Majhar.

Majhar is about 7.1 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Majhar is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Shimla Rural is about 7.1 km away. Shimla is about 7.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.