About Shiran Village

Shiran is a small village in Nerua tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 184, made up of 98 males and 86 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 97.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shiran Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shiran village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Nerua
Pincode	171210
Area (hectares)	97.44 hectares
Population	184
Male Population	98
Female Population	86
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	878
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shiran compares

By the 2011 count Shiran is the 81st largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 97.44 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 Shiran

Shiran is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Shiran as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Shiran from other places

Shiran lies about 62 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 58 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 Shiran
Tehsil headquarters	Nerua	31 km
Nearest town	Pāonta Sāhib	44 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	58 km
District headquarters	Shimla	62 km

Villages closest to Shiran

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 Shiran

As per the Census of India 2011, Shiran village had a population of 184. That makes it the 81st largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Shiran village has 98 males and 86 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shiran has about 878 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 Shiran is 171210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shiran covers 97.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Shiran is Salogra, about 58 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Shiran.

Shiran is about 62 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shiran is in Nerua tehsil of Shimla district. Nerua is about 31 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 44 km away. Salogra is about 58 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.