About Rawtan Village

Rawtan is a small village in Chaupal tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 205, made up of 98 males and 107 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,092 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171211, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rawtan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rawtan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Chaupal
Pincode	171211
Area (hectares)	42.66 hectares
Population	205
Male Population	98
Female Population	107
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,092
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rawtan compares

By the 2011 count Rawtan is the 58th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 185 residents. Its 42.66 hectares work out to about 4.8 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 Rawtan

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

Rawtan lies about 45 km from Shimla. 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 Rawtan
Tehsil headquarters	Chaupal	3.6 km
District headquarters	Shimla	45 km

Villages closest to Rawtan

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 Rawtan

As per the Census of India 2011, Rawtan village had a population of 205. That makes it the 58th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 185 residents.

Rawtan village has 98 males and 107 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rawtan has about 1092 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

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

Rawtan covers 42.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Rawtan notes the nearest railway station 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 Rawtan.

Rawtan is about 45 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rawtan is in Chaupal tehsil of Shimla district. Chaupal is about 3.6 km away. Shimla is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.