About Rajkot Village

Rajkot is a small village in Jubbal tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 43, made up of 30 males and 13 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 433 females per 1000 males. The village covers 98.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rajkot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rajkot village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Jubbal
Pincode	171216
Area (hectares)	98.9 hectares
Population	43
Male Population	30
Female Population	13
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	433
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 Rajkot compares

By the 2011 count Rajkot is the 122nd largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 267 residents. Its 98.9 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 971.

Getting to Rajkot

Rajkot is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Rajkot 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 Rajkot from other places

Rajkot lies about 37 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 Rajkot
Tehsil headquarters	Jubbal	9.3 km
District headquarters	Shimla	37 km

Villages closest to Rajkot

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 Rajkot

As per the Census of India 2011, Rajkot village had a population of 43. That makes it the 122nd largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 267 residents.

Rajkot village has 30 males and 13 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rajkot has about 433 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Rajkot is 171216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rajkot covers 98.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Rajkot 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 Rajkot.

Rajkot is about 37 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rajkot is in Jubbal tehsil of Shimla district. Jubbal is about 9.3 km away. Shimla is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.