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About Batog Village

Batog is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 67, made up of 33 males and 34 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. The village covers 19.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Batog Overview

Census 2011 figures for Batog village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Theog
Pincode 171201
Area (hectares) 19.94 hectares
Population 67
Male Population 33
Female Population 34
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,030
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Batog compares

By the 2011 count Batog is the 326th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 19.94 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Batog

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

Batog lies about 17 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 Batog
Tehsil headquarters Theog 1.5 km
District headquarters Shimla 17 km

Villages closest to Batog

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Theog 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 Batog

As per the Census of India 2011, Batog village had a population of 67. That makes it the 326th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Batog village has 33 males and 34 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Batog has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Batog is 171201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Batog covers 19.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Batog falls under Theog tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Batog 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 km distance for Batog.

Batog is about 17 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Batog is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 1.5 km away. Shimla is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chabtu (under 2 km), Bajhyog (under 2 km) and Jageri (under 2 km).

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

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