About Himri Village

Himri is a small village in Kotkhai tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 316, made up of 148 males and 168 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,135 females per 1000 males. The village covers 103 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Himri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Himri village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Kotkhai
Pincode	171202
Area (hectares)	103 hectares
Population	316
Male Population	148
Female Population	168
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,135
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Himri compares

By the 2011 count Himri is the 25th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 174 residents. Its 103 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Himri

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

Himri lies about 30 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 Himri
Tehsil headquarters	Kotkhai	6.3 km
District headquarters	Shimla	30 km

Villages closest to Himri

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 Himri

As per the Census of India 2011, Himri village had a population of 316. That makes it the 25th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 174 residents.

Himri village has 148 males and 168 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Himri has about 1135 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Himri is 171202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Himri covers 103 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Himri falls under Kotkhai tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Himri 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 village for Himri.

Himri is about 30 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Himri is in Kotkhai tehsil of Shimla district. Kotkhai is about 6.3 km away. Shimla is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.