About Namol Village

Namol is a small village in Arki tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 309, made up of 156 males and 153 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 981 females per 1000 males. The village covers 91.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Namol Overview

Census 2011 figures for Namol village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Arki
Pincode	173221
Area (hectares)	91.38 hectares
Population	309
Male Population	156
Female Population	153
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	981
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Namol compares

By the 2011 count Namol is the 41st largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 181 residents. Its 91.38 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Namol

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

Namol lies about 45 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Kiratpur Sahib, about 30 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 Namol
Tehsil headquarters	Arki	15 km
Nearest railway station	Kiratpur Sahib	30 km
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	31 km
District headquarters	Solan	45 km

Villages closest to Namol

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Namol village had a population of 309. That makes it the 41st largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 181 residents.

Namol village has 156 males and 153 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Namol has about 981 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Namol is 173221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Namol covers 91.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Namol falls under Arki tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Namol is Kiratpur Sahib, about 30 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 Namol.

Namol is about 45 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Namol is in Arki tehsil of Solan district. Arki is about 15 km away. Kiratpur Sahib is about 30 km away. Sundarnagar is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.