About Manar Village

Manar is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 209, made up of 106 males and 103 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 972 females per 1000 males. The village covers 137 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171007, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Manar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171007
Area (hectares)	137 hectares
Population	209
Male Population	106
Female Population	103
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	972
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Manar compares

By the 2011 count Manar is the 107th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 137 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Manar

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

Manar lies about 18 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about under 2 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 Manar
Nearest railway station	Salogra	under 2 km
Nearest town	Solan	4.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	18 km
District headquarters	Shimla	18 km

Villages closest to Manar

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 Manar

As per the Census of India 2011, Manar village had a population of 209. That makes it the 107th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Manar village has 106 males and 103 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manar has about 972 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 987.

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

Manar covers 137 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Manar is Salogra, about under 2 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 village for Manar.

Manar is about 18 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manar is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Salogra is about under 2 km away. Solan is about 4.6 km away. Shimla Rural is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.