About Shoshan Village

Shoshan is a small village in Kotkhai tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 99, made up of 60 males and 39 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 650 females per 1000 males. The village covers 80.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shoshan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shoshan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Kotkhai
Pincode	171202
Area (hectares)	80.99 hectares
Population	99
Male Population	60
Female Population	39
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	650
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shoshan compares

By the 2011 count Shoshan is the 147th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 174 residents. Its 80.99 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Shoshan

Shoshan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Shoshan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Shoshan from other places

Shoshan lies about 41 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 Shoshan
Tehsil headquarters	Kotkhai	5.6 km
District headquarters	Shimla	41 km

Villages closest to Shoshan

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 Shoshan

As per the Census of India 2011, Shoshan village had a population of 99. That makes it the 147th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 174 residents.

Shoshan village has 60 males and 39 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shoshan has about 650 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 Shoshan is 171202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shoshan covers 80.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

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

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

Shoshan is about 41 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shoshan is in Kotkhai tehsil of Shimla district. Kotkhai is about 5.6 km away. Shimla is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.