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About Namana Village

Namana is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 223, made up of 111 males and 112 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Namana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Namana village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Theog
Pincode 171220
Area (hectares) 55.83 hectares
Population 223
Male Population 111
Female Population 112
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,009
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Namana compares

By the 2011 count Namana is the 134th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 55.83 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Namana

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

Namana lies about 24 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 Namana
Tehsil headquarters Theog 5.5 km
District headquarters Shimla 24 km

Villages closest to Namana

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.

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Common questions about Namana

As per the Census of India 2011, Namana village had a population of 223. That makes it the 134th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Namana village has 111 males and 112 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Namana has about 1009 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Namana is 171220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Namana covers 55.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Namana 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 Namana.

Namana is about 24 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Namana is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 5.5 km away. Shimla is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Matli (under 2 km), Karuth (under 2 km) and Kiri (under 2 km).

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

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