About D P F Shila Village

D P F Shila is a small village in Nerua tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3, made up of 2 males and 1 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 500 females per 1000 males. The village covers 254.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

D P F Shila Overview

Census 2011 figures for D P F Shila village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Nerua
Pincode	171210
Area (hectares)	254.42 hectares
Population	3
Male Population	2
Female Population	1
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	500
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 D P F Shila compares

By the 2011 count D P F Shila is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 254.42 hectares work out to about 0.0 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 944.

Getting to D P F Shila

D P F Shila is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for D P F Shila 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 D P F Shila from other places

D P F Shila lies about 48 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 47 km away. 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 D P F Shila
Tehsil headquarters	Nerua	15 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	47 km
District headquarters	Shimla	48 km

Villages closest to D P F Shila

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nerua 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 D P F Shila

As per the Census of India 2011, D P F Shila village had a population of 3. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

D P F Shila village has 2 males and 1 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, D P F Shila has about 500 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 944.

The pincode recorded for D P F Shila is 171210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

D P F Shila covers 254.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

D P F Shila falls under Nerua tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to D P F Shila is Salogra, about 47 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 D P F Shila.

D P F Shila is about 48 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

D P F Shila is in Nerua tehsil of Shimla district. Nerua is about 15 km away. Salogra is about 47 km away. Shimla is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.