About Kashak Village

Kashak is a small village in Nerua tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 133, made up of 64 males and 69 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,078 females per 1000 males. The village covers 193 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kashak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kashak village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Nerua
Pincode	171210
Area (hectares)	193 hectares
Population	133
Male Population	64
Female Population	69
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,078
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 Kashak compares

By the 2011 count Kashak is the 109th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 193 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Kashak

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

Kashak lies about 66 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 64 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 Kashak
Tehsil headquarters	Nerua	33 km
Nearest town	Pāonta Sāhib	50 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	64 km
District headquarters	Shimla	66 km

Villages closest to Kashak

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 Kashak

As per the Census of India 2011, Kashak village had a population of 133. That makes it the 109th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Kashak village has 64 males and 69 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kashak has about 1078 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 944.

The pincode recorded for Kashak is 171210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kashak covers 193 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kashak falls under Nerua tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kashak is Salogra, about 64 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 Kashak.

Kashak is about 66 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kashak is in Nerua tehsil of Shimla district. Nerua is about 33 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 50 km away. Salogra is about 64 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.