About Doja Village

Doja is a small village in Kumharsain tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 392, made up of 209 males and 183 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 145.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171213, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Doja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Doja village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Kumharsain
Pincode	171213
Area (hectares)	145.76 hectares
Population	392
Male Population	209
Female Population	183
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	876
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Doja compares

By the 2011 count Doja is the 31st largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 248 residents. Its 145.76 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 1004.

Getting to Doja

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

Doja lies about 34 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 Doja
Tehsil headquarters	Kumharsain	5.0 km
District headquarters	Shimla	34 km

Villages closest to Doja

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 Doja

As per the Census of India 2011, Doja village had a population of 392. That makes it the 31st largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 248 residents.

Doja village has 209 males and 183 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Doja has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

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

Doja covers 145.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Doja 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 Doja.

Doja is about 34 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Doja is in Kumharsain tehsil of Shimla district. Kumharsain is about 5.0 km away. Shimla is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.