About Shahun Village

Shahun is a small village in Kotkhai tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 141, made up of 79 males and 62 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 785 females per 1000 males. The village covers 49.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shahun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shahun village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Kotkhai
Pincode	171202
Area (hectares)	49.74 hectares
Population	141
Male Population	79
Female Population	62
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	785
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shahun compares

By the 2011 count Shahun is the 107th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 174 residents. Its 49.74 hectares work out to about 2.8 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 981.

Getting to Shahun

Shahun is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shahun as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Shahun from other places

Shahun lies about 40 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 Shahun
Tehsil headquarters	Kotkhai	5.5 km
District headquarters	Shimla	40 km

Villages closest to Shahun

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 Shahun

As per the Census of India 2011, Shahun village had a population of 141. That makes it the 107th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 174 residents.

Shahun village has 79 males and 62 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shahun has about 785 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

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

Shahun covers 49.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

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

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Shahun.

Shahun is about 40 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shahun is in Kotkhai tehsil of Shimla district. Kotkhai is about 5.5 km away. Shimla is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.