About Pithawi Village

Pithawi is a small village in Rampur tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 393, made up of 202 males and 191 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 570 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pithawi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pithawi village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Rampur
Pincode	172001
Area (hectares)	570 hectares
Population	393
Male Population	202
Female Population	191
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	946
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pithawi compares

By the 2011 count Pithawi is the 59th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 440 residents. Its 570 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Pithawi

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

Pithawi lies about 72 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 Pithawi
Tehsil headquarters	Rampur	16 km
District headquarters	Shimla	72 km

Villages closest to Pithawi

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 Pithawi

As per the Census of India 2011, Pithawi village had a population of 393. That makes it the 59th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 440 residents.

Pithawi village has 202 males and 191 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pithawi has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Pithawi is 172001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pithawi covers 570 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.

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

The census record for Pithawi 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 Pithawi.

Pithawi is about 72 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pithawi is in Rampur tehsil of Shimla district. Rampur is about 16 km away. Shimla is about 72 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.