About Shil Gaon Village

Shil Gaon is a small village in Jubbal tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 212, made up of 98 males and 114 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,163 females per 1000 males. The village covers 71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shil Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shil Gaon village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Jubbal
Pincode	171216
Area (hectares)	71 hectares
Population	212
Male Population	98
Female Population	114
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,163
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shil Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Shil Gaon is the 69th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 267 residents. Its 71 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Shil Gaon

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

Shil Gaon lies about 47 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 Shil Gaon
Tehsil headquarters	Jubbal	3.7 km
District headquarters	Shimla	47 km

Villages closest to Shil Gaon

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 Shil Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Shil Gaon village had a population of 212. That makes it the 69th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 267 residents.

Shil Gaon village has 98 males and 114 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shil Gaon has about 1163 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

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

Shil Gaon covers 71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shil Gaon falls under Jubbal tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

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

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

Shil Gaon is about 47 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shil Gaon is in Jubbal tehsil of Shimla district. Jubbal is about 3.7 km away. Shimla is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.