About Sharhana Village

Sharhana is a small village in Jubbal tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 359, made up of 189 males and 170 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sharhana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sharhana village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Jubbal
Pincode	171206
Area (hectares)	106 hectares
Population	359
Male Population	189
Female Population	170
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	899
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sharhana compares

By the 2011 count Sharhana is the 34th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 267 residents. Its 106 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Sharhana

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

Sharhana lies about 57 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 54 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 Sharhana
Tehsil headquarters	Jubbal	26 km
Nearest town	Pāonta Sāhib	49 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	54 km
District headquarters	Shimla	57 km

Villages closest to Sharhana

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 Sharhana

As per the Census of India 2011, Sharhana village had a population of 359. That makes it the 34th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 267 residents.

Sharhana village has 189 males and 170 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sharhana has about 899 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 Sharhana is 171206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sharhana covers 106 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Sharhana is Salogra, about 54 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Sharhana.

Sharhana is about 57 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sharhana is in Jubbal tehsil of Shimla district. Jubbal is about 26 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 49 km away. Salogra is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.