About Drabala Village

Drabala is a small village in Seoni tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 53, made up of 25 males and 28 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,120 females per 1000 males. The village covers 61.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171019, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Drabala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Drabala village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Seoni
Pincode	171019
Area (hectares)	61.25 hectares
Population	53
Male Population	25
Female Population	28
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,120
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Drabala compares

By the 2011 count Drabala is the 155th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 164 residents. Its 61.25 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 1036.

Getting to Drabala

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

Drabala lies about 19 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 17 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 Drabala
Tehsil headquarters	Seoni	8.9 km
Nearest railway station	Jutogh	17 km
District headquarters	Shimla	19 km

Villages closest to Drabala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Drabala village had a population of 53. That makes it the 155th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 164 residents.

Drabala village has 25 males and 28 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Drabala has about 1120 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Drabala is 171019. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Drabala covers 61.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Drabala falls under Seoni tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Drabala is Jutogh, about 17 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Drabala.

Drabala is about 19 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Drabala is in Seoni tehsil of Shimla district. Seoni is about 8.9 km away. Jutogh is about 17 km away. Shimla is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.