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About Panjail Village

Panjail is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6, made up of 2 males and 4 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 2,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 5.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panjail Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panjail village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Theog
Pincode 171201
Area (hectares) 5.64 hectares
Population 6
Male Population 2
Female Population 4
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 2,000
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 Panjail compares

By the 2011 count Panjail is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 5.64 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Panjail

Panjail is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Panjail 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 Panjail from other places

Panjail lies about 15 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 12 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 Panjail
Nearest railway station Jutogh 12 km
District headquarters Shimla 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Theog 33 km

Villages closest to Panjail

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 Panjail

As per the Census of India 2011, Panjail village had a population of 6. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Panjail village has 2 males and 4 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panjail has about 2000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

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

Panjail covers 5.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Panjail is Jutogh, about 12 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Panjail.

Panjail is about 15 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panjail is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Jutogh is about 12 km away. Shimla is about 15 km away. Theog is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tikri (5.6 km), Chatog (7.0 km) and Darbar Balsan (7.8 km).

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

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