About Shogi Village

Shogi is a small village in Pachhad tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 72, made up of 42 males and 30 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 714 females per 1000 males. The village covers 103 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173229, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shogi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shogi village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Pachhad
Pincode	173229
Area (hectares)	103 hectares
Population	72
Male Population	42
Female Population	30
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	714
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shogi compares

By the 2011 count Shogi is the 222nd largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 206 residents. Its 103 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 951.

Getting to Shogi

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

Shogi lies about 33 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Barog, about 7.8 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 Shogi
Nearest railway station	Barog	7.8 km
Nearest town	Solan	9.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pachhad	33 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	33 km

Villages closest to Shogi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pachhad 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 Shogi

As per the Census of India 2011, Shogi village had a population of 72. That makes it the 222nd largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 206 residents.

Shogi village has 42 males and 30 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shogi has about 714 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Shogi is 173229. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shogi covers 103 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shogi falls under Pachhad tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shogi is Barog, about 7.8 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 Shogi.

Shogi is about 33 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shogi is in Pachhad tehsil of Sirmaur district. Barog is about 7.8 km away. Solan is about 9.2 km away. Pachhad is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.