About Majhat Village

Majhat is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 36, made up of 21 males and 15 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 714 females per 1000 males. The village covers 30.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Majhat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Majhat village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171103
Area (hectares)	30.88 hectares
Population	36
Male Population	21
Female Population	15
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	714
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Majhat compares

By the 2011 count Majhat is the 413th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 30.88 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Majhat

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

Majhat lies about 12 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 Majhat
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	12 km
District headquarters	Shimla	12 km

Villages closest to Majhat

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 Majhat

As per the Census of India 2011, Majhat village had a population of 36. That makes it the 413th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Majhat village has 21 males and 15 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majhat has about 714 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 Majhat is 171103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Majhat covers 30.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Majhat 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 Majhat.

Majhat is about 12 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Majhat is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Shimla Rural is about 12 km away. Shimla is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.