About Kounthali Village

Kounthali is a small village in Nerua tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 37, made up of 22 males and 15 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 682 females per 1000 males. The village covers 14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kounthali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kounthali village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Nerua
Pincode	173210
Area (hectares)	14 hectares
Population	37
Male Population	22
Female Population	15
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	682
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 Kounthali compares

By the 2011 count Kounthali is the 170th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 14 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 944.

Getting to Kounthali

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

Kounthali lies about 53 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 Kounthali
Tehsil headquarters	Nerua	24 km
District headquarters	Shimla	53 km

Villages closest to Kounthali

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 Kounthali

As per the Census of India 2011, Kounthali village had a population of 37. That makes it the 170th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Kounthali village has 22 males and 15 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kounthali has about 682 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 Kounthali is 173210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kounthali covers 14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Kounthali notes the nearest railway station 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 Kounthali.

Kounthali is about 53 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kounthali is in Nerua tehsil of Shimla district. Nerua is about 24 km away. Shimla is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.