About Nandla Village

Nandla is a mid sized village in Chirgaon tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 775, made up of 385 males and 390 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 458.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Nandla compares

By the 2011 count Nandla is the 11th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 397 residents. Its 458.7 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 954.

Getting to Nandla

Nandla is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Nandla as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Nandla from other places

Nandla lies about 28 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Barog, about 7.3 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.

Villages closest to Nandla

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

• D P F Khasha Dhar 4.2 km
• D P F Shal Dhar 4.2 km
• Dev Ban Dhar 4.2 km
• Devi Dhar 4.2 km
• Dhar Bani Thach 4.2 km
• Dhar Chanshal I 4.2 km

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.