About Kerasa Village

Kerasa is a small village in Rohru tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 263, made up of 127 males and 136 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,071 females per 1000 males. The village covers 137.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kerasa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kerasa village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Rohru
Pincode	171207
Area (hectares)	137.76 hectares
Population	263
Male Population	127
Female Population	136
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,071
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kerasa compares

By the 2011 count Kerasa is the 65th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 330 residents. Its 137.76 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Kerasa

Kerasa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kerasa 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 Kerasa from other places

Kerasa lies about 26 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 Kerasa
District headquarters	Shimla	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rohru	31 km

Villages closest to Kerasa

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.

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Kerasa

As per the Census of India 2011, Kerasa village had a population of 263. That makes it the 65th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 330 residents.

Kerasa village has 127 males and 136 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kerasa has about 1071 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Kerasa is 171207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kerasa covers 137.76 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.

Kerasa falls under Rohru tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Kerasa 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 Kerasa.

Kerasa is about 26 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kerasa is in Rohru tehsil of Shimla district. Shimla is about 26 km away. Rohru is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.