About D P F Sharmali Awal Village

D P F Sharmali Awal is a small village in Rohru tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 50, made up of 31 males and 19 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 613 females per 1000 males. The village covers 136 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

D P F Sharmali Awal Overview

Census 2011 figures for D P F Sharmali Awal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Rohru
Pincode	171224
Area (hectares)	136 hectares
Population	50
Male Population	31
Female Population	19
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	613
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How D P F Sharmali Awal compares

By the 2011 count D P F Sharmali Awal is the 109th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 330 residents. Its 136 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 Sharmali Awal

D P F Sharmali Awal 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 Sharmali Awal 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 Sharmali Awal from other places

D P F Sharmali Awal lies about 55 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 Sharmali Awal
Tehsil headquarters	Rohru	13 km
District headquarters	Shimla	55 km

Villages closest to D P F Sharmali Awal

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 Sharmali Awal

As per the Census of India 2011, D P F Sharmali Awal village had a population of 50. That makes it the 109th 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 Sharmali Awal village has 31 males and 19 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, D P F Sharmali Awal has about 613 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 Sharmali Awal is 171224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

D P F Sharmali Awal covers 136 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for D P F Sharmali Awal 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 Sharmali Awal.

D P F Sharmali Awal is about 55 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 Sharmali Awal is in Rohru tehsil of Shimla district. Rohru is about 13 km away. Shimla is about 55 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are D P F Sharmali Doyam (under 2 km), Sharmali (under 2 km) and D P F Seri (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of D P F Sharmali Awal today is likely to be higher.