About Kanauri Village

Kanauri is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 139, made up of 74 males and 65 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 121 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanauri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanauri village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Theog
Pincode	171226
Area (hectares)	121 hectares
Population	139
Male Population	74
Female Population	65
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	878
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanauri compares

By the 2011 count Kanauri is the 223rd largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 121 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Kanauri

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

Kanauri lies about 20 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 9.2 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 Kanauri
Nearest railway station	Salogra	9.2 km
Nearest town	Solan	12 km
District headquarters	Shimla	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Theog	24 km

Villages closest to Kanauri

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 Kanauri

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanauri village had a population of 139. That makes it the 223rd largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Kanauri village has 74 males and 65 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanauri has about 878 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 Kanauri is 171226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanauri covers 121 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Kanauri is Salogra, about 9.2 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Kanauri.

Kanauri is about 20 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanauri is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Salogra is about 9.2 km away. Solan is about 12 km away. Shimla is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.