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About Padrog Village

Padrog is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 171, made up of 80 males and 91 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,138 females per 1000 males. The village covers 78.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padrog Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padrog village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Theog
Pincode 171201
Area (hectares) 78.53 hectares
Population 171
Male Population 80
Female Population 91
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,138
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Padrog compares

By the 2011 count Padrog is the 186th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 78.53 hectares work out to about 2.2 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 Padrog

Padrog is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Padrog as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Padrog from other places

Padrog 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 Padrog
Tehsil headquarters Theog 3.8 km
District headquarters Shimla 17 km

Villages closest to Padrog

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 Padrog

As per the Census of India 2011, Padrog village had a population of 171. That makes it the 186th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Padrog village has 80 males and 91 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padrog has about 1138 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

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

Padrog covers 78.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Padrog notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Padrog.

Padrog 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.

Padrog is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 3.8 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 Jannu (under 2 km), Jagora (under 2 km) and Shawag (under 2 km).

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

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