About Rajpur Village

Rajpur is a small village in Rampur tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 102, made up of 54 males and 48 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 127.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172022, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rajpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rajpur village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Rampur
Pincode	172022
Area (hectares)	127.22 hectares
Population	102
Male Population	54
Female Population	48
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	889
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rajpur compares

By the 2011 count Rajpur is the 129th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 440 residents. Its 127.22 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 962.

Getting to Rajpur

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

Rajpur lies about 58 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 Rajpur
Tehsil headquarters	Rampur	8.2 km
District headquarters	Shimla	58 km

Villages closest to Rajpur

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 Rajpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Rajpur village had a population of 102. That makes it the 129th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 440 residents.

Rajpur village has 54 males and 48 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rajpur has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Rajpur is 172022. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rajpur covers 127.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Rajpur 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 5 - 10 km distance for Rajpur.

Rajpur is about 58 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rajpur is in Rampur tehsil of Shimla district. Rampur is about 8.2 km away. Shimla is about 58 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.