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About Janog Awal Village

Janog Awal is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 208, made up of 98 males and 110 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,122 females per 1000 males. The village covers 53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Janog Awal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Janog Awal village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Theog
Pincode 171201
Area (hectares) 53 hectares
Population 208
Male Population 98
Female Population 110
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,122
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Janog Awal compares

By the 2011 count Janog Awal is the 149th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 53 hectares work out to about 3.9 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 Janog Awal

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

Janog Awal lies about 19 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 Janog Awal
Tehsil headquarters Theog under 2 km
District headquarters Shimla 19 km

Villages closest to Janog Awal

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 Janog Awal

As per the Census of India 2011, Janog Awal village had a population of 208. That makes it the 149th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Janog Awal village has 98 males and 110 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Janog Awal has about 1122 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

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

Janog Awal covers 53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Janog Awal falls under Theog tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Janog Awal 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 Janog Awal.

Janog Awal is about 19 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Janog Awal is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about under 2 km away. Shimla is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Up Muhal Janog Doyam (under 2 km), Gulu (under 2 km) and Basa Theog (under 2 km).

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

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