About Shalan Village

Shalan is a small village in Nerua tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 217, made up of 107 males and 110 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,028 females per 1000 males. The village covers 97.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shalan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Nerua
Pincode	171210
Area (hectares)	97.75 hectares
Population	217
Male Population	107
Female Population	110
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,028
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 Shalan compares

By the 2011 count Shalan is the 62nd largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 97.75 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Shalan

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

Shalan lies about 57 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 54 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 Shalan
Tehsil headquarters	Nerua	26 km
Nearest town	Pāonta Sāhib	47 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	54 km
District headquarters	Shimla	57 km

Villages closest to Shalan

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 Shalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Shalan village had a population of 217. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Shalan village has 107 males and 110 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shalan has about 1028 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 944.

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

Shalan covers 97.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Shalan is Salogra, about 54 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 Shalan.

Shalan is about 57 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shalan is in Nerua tehsil of Shimla district. Nerua is about 26 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 47 km away. Salogra is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.