About Bosari Village

Bosari is a small village in Chirgaon tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 287, made up of 156 males and 131 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 840 females per 1000 males. The village covers 180.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bosari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bosari village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Chirgaon
Pincode	171208
Area (hectares)	180.08 hectares
Population	287
Male Population	156
Female Population	131
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	840
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bosari compares

By the 2011 count Bosari is the 68th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 397 residents. Its 180.08 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 954.

Getting to Bosari

Bosari is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Bosari as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Bosari from other places

Bosari lies about 11 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 7.1 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 Bosari
Nearest railway station	Jutogh	7.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chirgaon	11 km
District headquarters	Shimla	11 km

Villages closest to Bosari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bosari village had a population of 287. That makes it the 68th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 397 residents.

Bosari village has 156 males and 131 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bosari has about 840 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Bosari is 171208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bosari covers 180.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bosari falls under Chirgaon tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bosari is Jutogh, about 7.1 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Bosari.

Bosari is about 11 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bosari is in Chirgaon tehsil of Shimla district. Jutogh is about 7.1 km away. Chirgaon is about 11 km away. Shimla is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.