About Shawat Village

Shawat is a small village in Kumharsain tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 330, made up of 157 males and 173 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,102 females per 1000 males. The village covers 80.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172030, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shawat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shawat village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Kumharsain
Pincode	172030
Area (hectares)	80.62 hectares
Population	330
Male Population	157
Female Population	173
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,102
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shawat compares

By the 2011 count Shawat is the 41st largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 248 residents. Its 80.62 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Shawat

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

Shawat 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 Shawat
Tehsil headquarters	Kumharsain	16 km
District headquarters	Shimla	41 km

Villages closest to Shawat

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 Shawat

As per the Census of India 2011, Shawat village had a population of 330. That makes it the 41st largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 248 residents.

Shawat village has 157 males and 173 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shawat has about 1102 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Shawat is 172030. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shawat covers 80.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Shawat 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 Shawat.

Shawat 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.

Shawat is in Kumharsain tehsil of Shimla district. Kumharsain is about 16 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.