About Rug Village

Rug is a small village in Kandaghat tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 89, made up of 42 males and 47 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,119 females per 1000 males. The village covers 19.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173215, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rug Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rug village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Kandaghat
Pincode	173215
Area (hectares)	19.87 hectares
Population	89
Male Population	42
Female Population	47
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,119
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rug compares

By the 2011 count Rug is the 137th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 153 residents. Its 19.87 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Rug

Rug is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Rug as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Rug from other places

Rug lies about 28 km from Solan. 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 Rug
Nearest town	Shimla	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kandaghat	27 km
District headquarters	Solan	28 km

Villages closest to Rug

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.

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Common questions about Rug

As per the Census of India 2011, Rug village had a population of 89. That makes it the 137th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 153 residents.

Rug village has 42 males and 47 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rug has about 1119 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Rug is 173215. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rug covers 19.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Rug notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Rug.

Rug is about 28 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rug is in Kandaghat tehsil of Solan district. Shimla is about 24 km away. Kandaghat is about 27 km away. Solan is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.