About Sarahan Village

Sarahan is a small village in Chaupal tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 361, made up of 177 males and 184 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,040 females per 1000 males. The village covers 137.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171211, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sarahan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sarahan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Chaupal
Pincode	171211
Area (hectares)	137.48 hectares
Population	361
Male Population	177
Female Population	184
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,040
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sarahan compares

By the 2011 count Sarahan is the 14th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 185 residents. Its 137.48 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Sarahan

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

Sarahan lies about 57 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 54 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 Sarahan
Tehsil headquarters	Chaupal	13 km
Nearest town	Pāonta Sāhib	49 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	54 km
District headquarters	Shimla	57 km

Villages closest to Sarahan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sarahan village had a population of 361. That makes it the 14th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 185 residents.

Sarahan village has 177 males and 184 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sarahan has about 1040 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Sarahan is 171211. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sarahan covers 137.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sarahan falls under Chaupal tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sarahan is Salogra, about 54 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 Sarahan.

Sarahan is about 57 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sarahan is in Chaupal tehsil of Shimla district. Chaupal is about 13 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 49 km away. Salogra is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.