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About Shangari Village

Shangari is a small village in Solan tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 115, made up of 57 males and 58 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 59.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173211, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shangari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shangari village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Solan
Tehsil Solan
Pincode 173211
Area (hectares) 59.29 hectares
Population 115
Male Population 57
Female Population 58
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,018
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Shangari compares

By the 2011 count Shangari is the 157th largest of the 441 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 149 residents. Its 59.29 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, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1046.

Getting to Shangari

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

Shangari lies about 10 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Kandaghat, about 7.7 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 Shangari
Nearest railway station Kandaghat 7.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Solan 10 km

Villages closest to Shangari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shangari village had a population of 115. That makes it the 157th largest of the 441 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 149 residents.

Shangari village has 57 males and 58 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shangari has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1046.

The pincode recorded for Shangari is 173211. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shangari covers 59.29 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.

Shangari falls under Solan tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shangari is Kandaghat, about 7.7 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 Shangari.

Shangari is about 10 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shangari is in Solan tehsil of Solan district. Kandaghat is about 7.7 km away. Solan is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shior (under 2 km), Bhaira (under 2 km) and Panshora (under 2 km).

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

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