About Shirgul Village

Shirgul is a small village in Seoni tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 41, made up of 21 males and 20 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 952 females per 1000 males. The village covers 38.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Shirgul compares

By the 2011 count Shirgul is the 166th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 164 residents. Its 38.37 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Shirgul

Shirgul is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Shirgul as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Shirgul from other places

Shirgul lies about 8.7 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Summer Hill, about 8.0 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.

Villages closest to Shirgul

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

• Bei under 2 km
• Chatiar under 2 km
• Bamot under 2 km
• Jangal Nin under 2 km
• Nin under 2 km
• Daila 1.5 km

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.