About D P F Shiv Shankar Village

D P F Shiv Shankar is a small village in Nihri tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 17, made up of 7 males and 10 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,429 females per 1000 males. The village covers 134.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175031, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

D P F Shiv Shankar Overview

Census 2011 figures for D P F Shiv Shankar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Nihri
Pincode	175031
Area (hectares)	134.44 hectares
Population	17
Male Population	7
Female Population	10
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,429
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How D P F Shiv Shankar compares

By the 2011 count D P F Shiv Shankar is the 166th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 176 residents. Its 134.44 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to D P F Shiv Shankar

D P F Shiv Shankar 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 Shiv Shankar 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 D P F Shiv Shankar from other places

D P F Shiv Shankar lies about 8.2 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Buffer Stop, about 30 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 Shiv Shankar
District headquarters	Mandi	8.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nihri	20 km
Nearest railway station	Buffer Stop	30 km

Villages closest to D P F Shiv Shankar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nihri 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 Shiv Shankar

As per the Census of India 2011, D P F Shiv Shankar village had a population of 17. That makes it the 166th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 176 residents.

D P F Shiv Shankar village has 7 males and 10 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, D P F Shiv Shankar has about 1429 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for D P F Shiv Shankar is 175031. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

D P F Shiv Shankar covers 134.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

D P F Shiv Shankar falls under Nihri tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to D P F Shiv Shankar is Buffer Stop, about 30 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 D P F Shiv Shankar.

D P F Shiv Shankar is about 8.2 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

D P F Shiv Shankar is in Nihri tehsil of Mandi district. Mandi is about 8.2 km away. Nihri is about 20 km away. Buffer Stop is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are D P F Bhayankar (under 2 km), Bajaran (under 2 km) and D P F Karangal (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of D P F Shiv Shankar today is likely to be higher.