About Dharai Village

Dharai is a small village in Jubbal tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 28, made up of 12 males and 16 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,333 females per 1000 males. The village covers 25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dharai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dharai village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Jubbal
Pincode	171205
Area (hectares)	25 hectares
Population	28
Male Population	12
Female Population	16
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,333
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dharai compares

By the 2011 count Dharai is the 126th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 267 residents. Its 25 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 971.

Getting to Dharai

Dharai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Dharai as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Dharai from other places

Dharai lies about 46 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 Dharai
Tehsil headquarters	Jubbal	under 2 km
District headquarters	Shimla	46 km

Villages closest to Dharai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dharai village had a population of 28. That makes it the 126th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 267 residents.

Dharai village has 12 males and 16 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dharai has about 1333 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Dharai is 171205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dharai covers 25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dharai falls under Jubbal tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Dharai notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Dharai.

Dharai is about 46 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dharai is in Jubbal tehsil of Shimla district. Jubbal is about under 2 km away. Shimla is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.