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About Anji Village

Anji is a small village in Kandaghat tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 38, made up of 19 males and 19 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 20 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Anji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Anji village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Solan
Tehsil Kandaghat
Pincode 173222
Area (hectares) 20 hectares
Population 38
Male Population 19
Female Population 19
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Anji compares

By the 2011 count Anji is the 207th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 153 residents. Its 20 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Anji

Anji is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Anji as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Anji from other places

Anji lies about 2.1 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Barog, about under 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 Anji
Nearest railway station Barog under 2 km
District headquarters Solan 2.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Kandaghat 8.2 km

Villages closest to Anji

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

Common questions about Anji

As per the Census of India 2011, Anji village had a population of 38. That makes it the 207th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 153 residents.

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

Working from the 2011 counts, Anji has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Anji is 173222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Anji covers 20 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Anji falls under Kandaghat tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Anji is Barog, about under 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 <5 km distance for Anji.

Anji is about 2.1 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Anji is in Kandaghat tehsil of Solan district. Barog is about under 2 km away. Solan is about 2.1 km away. Kandaghat is about 8.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Anji Brahmana (under 2 km), Anji Kolian (under 2 km) and Anji Sunaran (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Anji today is likely to be higher.

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