About D P F Salyana Village

D P F Salyana is a small village in Kotkhai tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 30, made up of 15 males and 15 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 21.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

D P F Salyana Overview

Census 2011 figures for D P F Salyana village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Kotkhai
Pincode	171202
Area (hectares)	21.93 hectares
Population	30
Male Population	15
Female Population	15
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How D P F Salyana compares

By the 2011 count D P F Salyana is the 201st largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 174 residents. Its 21.93 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to D P F Salyana

D P F Salyana is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for D P F Salyana 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is D P F Salyana from other places

D P F Salyana lies about 38 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 D P F Salyana
Tehsil headquarters	Kotkhai	2.9 km
District headquarters	Shimla	38 km

Villages closest to D P F Salyana

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kotkhai 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 D P F Salyana

As per the Census of India 2011, D P F Salyana village had a population of 30. That makes it the 201st largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 174 residents.

D P F Salyana village has 15 males and 15 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, D P F Salyana has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for D P F Salyana is 171202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

D P F Salyana covers 21.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

D P F Salyana falls under Kotkhai tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for D P F Salyana notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 D P F Salyana.

D P F Salyana is about 38 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

D P F Salyana is in Kotkhai tehsil of Shimla district. Kotkhai is about 2.9 km away. Shimla is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.