About Kiari Shilan Village

Kiari Shilan is a small village in Chaupal tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 349, made up of 182 males and 167 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171211, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kiari Shilan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kiari Shilan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Chaupal
Pincode	171211
Area (hectares)	88 hectares
Population	349
Male Population	182
Female Population	167
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	918
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kiari Shilan compares

By the 2011 count Kiari Shilan is the 17th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 185 residents. Its 88 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Kiari Shilan

Kiari Shilan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kiari Shilan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Kiari Shilan from other places

Kiari Shilan 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 Kiari Shilan
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 Kiari Shilan

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 Kiari Shilan

As per the Census of India 2011, Kiari Shilan village had a population of 349. That makes it the 17th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 185 residents.

Kiari Shilan village has 182 males and 167 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kiari Shilan has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 945.

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

Kiari Shilan covers 88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kiari Shilan falls under Chaupal tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kiari Shilan 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 5 - 10 km distance for Kiari Shilan.

Kiari Shilan 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.

Kiari Shilan 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.