About Dharuri Village

Dharuri is a small village in Kumharsain tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 63, made up of 32 males and 31 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 969 females per 1000 males. The village covers 33.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171213, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dharuri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dharuri village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Kumharsain
Pincode	171213
Area (hectares)	33.71 hectares
Population	63
Male Population	32
Female Population	31
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	969
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dharuri compares

By the 2011 count Dharuri is the 145th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 248 residents. Its 33.71 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Dharuri

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

Dharuri lies about 15 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 Dharuri
District headquarters	Shimla	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kumharsain	23 km

Villages closest to Dharuri

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kumharsain 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 Dharuri

As per the Census of India 2011, Dharuri village had a population of 63. That makes it the 145th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 248 residents.

Dharuri village has 32 males and 31 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dharuri has about 969 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Dharuri is 171213. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dharuri covers 33.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dharuri falls under Kumharsain tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Dharuri 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 Dharuri.

Dharuri is about 15 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dharuri is in Kumharsain tehsil of Shimla district. Shimla is about 15 km away. Kumharsain is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.