About Fagu Village

Fagu is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 142, made up of 87 males and 55 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 632 females per 1000 males. The village covers 41.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Fagu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Fagu village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Theog
Pincode	171209
Area (hectares)	41.79 hectares
Population	142
Male Population	87
Female Population	55
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	632
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Fagu compares

By the 2011 count Fagu is the 220th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 41.79 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Fagu

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

Fagu lies about 13 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 Fagu
Tehsil headquarters	Theog	6.5 km
District headquarters	Shimla	13 km

Villages closest to Fagu

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 Fagu

As per the Census of India 2011, Fagu village had a population of 142. That makes it the 220th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Fagu village has 87 males and 55 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Fagu has about 632 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Fagu is 171209. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Fagu covers 41.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Fagu 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 village for Fagu.

Fagu is about 13 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Fagu is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 6.5 km away. Shimla is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.