About D P F Shakla Village

D P F Shakla is a small village in Rohru tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 36, made up of 23 males and 13 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 565 females per 1000 males. The village covers 35.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

D P F Shakla Overview

Census 2011 figures for D P F Shakla village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Rohru
Pincode	171207
Area (hectares)	35.61 hectares
Population	36
Male Population	23
Female Population	13
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	565
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How D P F Shakla compares

By the 2011 count D P F Shakla is the 114th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 330 residents. Its 35.61 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 938.

Getting to D P F Shakla

D P F Shakla is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for D P F Shakla as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Shakla from other places

D P F Shakla lies about 47 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 D P F Shakla
Tehsil headquarters	Rohru	21 km
District headquarters	Shimla	47 km

Villages closest to D P F Shakla

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Rohru 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 Shakla

As per the Census of India 2011, D P F Shakla village had a population of 36. That makes it the 114th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 330 residents.

D P F Shakla village has 23 males and 13 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, D P F Shakla has about 565 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for D P F Shakla is 171207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

D P F Shakla covers 35.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

D P F Shakla falls under Rohru tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for D P F Shakla notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for D P F Shakla.

D P F Shakla is about 47 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 Shakla is in Rohru tehsil of Shimla district. Rohru is about 21 km away. Shimla is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.