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About Parotha Village

Parotha is a small village in Kandaghat tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 49, made up of 29 males and 20 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 690 females per 1000 males. The village covers 20.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173215, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Parotha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Parotha village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Solan
Tehsil Kandaghat
Pincode 173215
Area (hectares) 20.11 hectares
Population 49
Male Population 29
Female Population 20
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 690
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Parotha compares

By the 2011 count Parotha is the 188th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 153 residents. Its 20.11 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Parotha

Parotha is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Parotha 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Parotha from other places

Parotha lies about 5.7 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 2.3 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 Parotha
Nearest railway station Salogra 2.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Kandaghat 2.7 km
District headquarters Solan 5.7 km

Villages closest to Parotha

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 Parotha

As per the Census of India 2011, Parotha village had a population of 49. That makes it the 188th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 153 residents.

Parotha village has 29 males and 20 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Parotha has about 690 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

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

Parotha covers 20.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Parotha is Salogra, about 2.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Parotha.

Parotha is about 5.7 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Parotha is in Kandaghat tehsil of Solan district. Salogra is about 2.3 km away. Kandaghat is about 2.7 km away. Solan is about 5.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghalai (under 2 km), Ded (1.8 km) and Dablog (1.9 km).

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

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