About Shil Village

Shil is a small village in Seoni tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 27, made up of 16 males and 11 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 688 females per 1000 males. The village covers 37.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shil Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shil village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Seoni
Pincode	171103
Area (hectares)	37.62 hectares
Population	27
Male Population	16
Female Population	11
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	688
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shil compares

By the 2011 count Shil is the 178th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 164 residents. Its 37.62 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 1036.

Getting to Shil

Shil is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Shil as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Shil from other places

Shil lies about 17 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Summer Hill, about 16 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 Shil
Tehsil headquarters	Seoni	2.5 km
Nearest railway station	Summer Hill	16 km
District headquarters	Shimla	17 km

Villages closest to Shil

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 Shil

As per the Census of India 2011, Shil village had a population of 27. That makes it the 178th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 164 residents.

Shil village has 16 males and 11 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shil has about 688 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Shil is 171103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shil covers 37.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Shil is Summer Hill, about 16 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Shil.

Shil is about 17 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shil is in Seoni tehsil of Shimla district. Seoni is about 2.5 km away. Summer Hill is about 16 km away. Shimla is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.