About Paprana Village

Paprana is a small village in Pachhad tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 44, made up of 19 males and 25 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,316 females per 1000 males. The village covers 78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paprana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paprana village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Pachhad
Pincode	173101
Area (hectares)	78 hectares
Population	44
Male Population	19
Female Population	25
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,316
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Paprana compares

By the 2011 count Paprana is the 241st largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 206 residents. Its 78 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 951.

Getting to Paprana

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

Paprana lies about 9.4 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Barog, about 31 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 Paprana
Tehsil headquarters	Pachhad	9.4 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	9.4 km
Nearest town	Nāhan	18 km
Nearest railway station	Barog	31 km

Villages closest to Paprana

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 Paprana

As per the Census of India 2011, Paprana village had a population of 44. That makes it the 241st largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 206 residents.

Paprana village has 19 males and 25 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paprana has about 1316 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Paprana is 173101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paprana covers 78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Paprana is Barog, about 31 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 Paprana.

Paprana is about 9.4 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paprana is in Pachhad tehsil of Sirmaur district. Pachhad is about 9.4 km away. Sirmaur is about 9.4 km away. Nāhan is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.