About Darshai Village

Darshai is a small village in Rampur tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 274, made up of 143 males and 131 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 916 females per 1000 males. The village covers 213 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Darshai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darshai village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Rampur
Pincode	172201
Area (hectares)	213 hectares
Population	274
Male Population	143
Female Population	131
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	916
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Darshai compares

By the 2011 count Darshai is the 89th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 440 residents. Its 213 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Darshai

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

Darshai lies about 62 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 Darshai
Tehsil headquarters	Rampur	4.2 km
District headquarters	Shimla	62 km

Villages closest to Darshai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Darshai village had a population of 274. That makes it the 89th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 440 residents.

Darshai village has 143 males and 131 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darshai has about 916 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Darshai is 172201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Darshai covers 213 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Darshai falls under Rampur tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Darshai 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 Darshai.

Darshai is about 62 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Darshai is in Rampur tehsil of Shimla district. Rampur is about 4.2 km away. Shimla is about 62 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.