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About Himri Village

Himri is a small village in Seoni tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 214, made up of 103 males and 111 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,078 females per 1000 males. The village covers 356.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171019, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Himri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Himri village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Seoni
Pincode 171019
Area (hectares) 356.03 hectares
Population 214
Male Population 103
Female Population 111
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,078
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Himri compares

By the 2011 count Himri is the 56th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 164 residents. Its 356.03 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 Himri

Himri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Himri as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Himri from other places

Himri lies about 26 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Summer Hill, about 25 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 Himri
Tehsil headquarters Seoni 11 km
Nearest railway station Summer Hill 25 km
District headquarters Shimla 26 km

Villages closest to Himri

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.

Common questions about Himri

As per the Census of India 2011, Himri village had a population of 214. That makes it the 56th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 164 residents.

Himri village has 103 males and 111 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Himri has about 1078 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1036.

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

Himri covers 356.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Himri is Summer Hill, about 25 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Himri.

Himri 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.

Himri is in Seoni tehsil of Shimla district. Seoni is about 11 km away. Summer Hill is about 25 km away. Shimla is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jangal Himri (under 2 km), Gadahu (3.9 km) and Majailu (4.8 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Himri today is likely to be higher.

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