About Pargeya Village

Pargeya 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 102.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pargeya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pargeya village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Theog
Pincode	171220
Area (hectares)	102.43 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 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pargeya compares

By the 2011 count Pargeya 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 102.43 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 Pargeya

Pargeya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Pargeya as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Pargeya from other places

Pargeya lies about 27 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 Pargeya
Tehsil headquarters	Theog	11 km
District headquarters	Shimla	27 km

Villages closest to Pargeya

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 Pargeya

As per the Census of India 2011, Pargeya 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.

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

Working from the 2011 counts, Pargeya 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 Pargeya is 171220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pargeya covers 102.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Pargeya 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 - 10 km distance for Pargeya.

Pargeya is about 27 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pargeya is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 11 km away. Shimla is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.