About D P F Shiling Village

D P F Shiling is a small village in Udaipur tehsil, in the district of Lahul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 55, made up of 30 males and 25 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 142.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175142, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

D P F Shiling Overview

Census 2011 figures for D P F Shiling village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Lahul and Spiti
Tehsil	Udaipur
Pincode	175142
Area (hectares)	142.34 hectares
Population	55
Male Population	30
Female Population	25
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	833
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How D P F Shiling compares

By the 2011 count D P F Shiling is the 37th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 135 residents. Its 142.34 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to D P F Shiling

D P F Shiling is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for D P F Shiling as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 D P F Shiling from other places

D P F Shiling lies about 39 km from Lahul and Spiti, and the nearest railway station is Chamunda Marg, about 82 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 D P F Shiling
Tehsil headquarters	Udaipur	9.8 km
District headquarters	Lahul and Spiti	39 km
Nearest town	Chamba	62 km
Nearest railway station	Chamunda Marg	82 km

Villages closest to D P F Shiling

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Udaipur 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 D P F Shiling

As per the Census of India 2011, D P F Shiling village had a population of 55. That makes it the 37th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 135 residents.

D P F Shiling village has 30 males and 25 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, D P F Shiling has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for D P F Shiling is 175142. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

D P F Shiling covers 142.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

D P F Shiling falls under Udaipur tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to D P F Shiling is Chamunda Marg, about 82 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 10+ km distance for D P F Shiling.

D P F Shiling is about 39 km from Lahul and Spiti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

D P F Shiling is in Udaipur tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district. Udaipur is about 9.8 km away. Lahul and Spiti is about 39 km away. Chamba is about 62 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.