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About Manguwal Village

Manguwal is a small village in Nalagarh tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 149, made up of 79 males and 70 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 69.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Manguwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manguwal village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Solan
Tehsil Nalagarh
Pincode 174101
Area (hectares) 69.42 hectares
Population 149
Male Population 79
Female Population 70
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 886
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Manguwal compares

By the 2011 count Manguwal is the 171st largest of the 270 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 362 residents. Its 69.42 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 918.

Getting to Manguwal

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

Manguwal lies about 44 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Ghanauli, about 9.0 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 Manguwal
Tehsil headquarters Nalagarh 4.0 km
Nearest railway station Ghanauli 9.0 km
Nearest town Baddi 15 km
District headquarters Solan 44 km

Villages closest to Manguwal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Manguwal village had a population of 149. That makes it the 171st largest of the 270 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 362 residents.

Manguwal village has 79 males and 70 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manguwal has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 918.

The pincode recorded for Manguwal is 174101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Manguwal covers 69.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Manguwal falls under Nalagarh tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Manguwal is Ghanauli, about 9.0 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 Manguwal.

Manguwal is about 44 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manguwal is in Nalagarh tehsil of Solan district. Nalagarh is about 4.0 km away. Ghanauli is about 9.0 km away. Baddi is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kanganwal (under 2 km), Salhewal (under 2 km) and Rajpura (under 2 km).

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

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