About D P F Shil Village

D P F Shil is a small village in Rohru tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 59, made up of 31 males and 28 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 903 females per 1000 males. The village covers 373.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

D P F Shil Overview

Census 2011 figures for D P F Shil village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Rohru
Pincode	171207
Area (hectares)	373.16 hectares
Population	59
Male Population	31
Female Population	28
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	903
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How D P F Shil compares

By the 2011 count D P F Shil is the 106th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 330 residents. Its 373.16 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to D P F Shil

D P F Shil 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 Shil 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 Shil from other places

D P F Shil 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 Shil
Tehsil headquarters	Rohru	11 km
District headquarters	Shimla	47 km

Villages closest to D P F Shil

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 Shil

As per the Census of India 2011, D P F Shil village had a population of 59. That makes it the 106th 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 Shil village has 31 males and 28 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, D P F Shil has about 903 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 938.

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

D P F Shil covers 373.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for D P F Shil 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 Shil.

D P F Shil 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 Shil is in Rohru tehsil of Shimla district. Rohru is about 11 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.