About Tikar Village

Tikar is a small village in Rampur tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 92, made up of 54 males and 38 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 704 females per 1000 males. The village covers 151.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tikar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tikar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Rampur
Pincode	172101
Area (hectares)	151.33 hectares
Population	92
Male Population	54
Female Population	38
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	704
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Tikar compares

By the 2011 count Tikar is the 132nd largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 440 residents. Its 151.33 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 Tikar

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

Tikar lies about 79 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 Tikar
Tehsil headquarters	Rampur	21 km
District headquarters	Shimla	79 km

Villages closest to Tikar

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 Tikar

As per the Census of India 2011, Tikar village had a population of 92. That makes it the 132nd largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 440 residents.

Tikar village has 54 males and 38 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tikar has about 704 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 Tikar is 172101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tikar covers 151.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Tikar notes the nearest railway station 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 5 - 10 km distance for Tikar.

Tikar is about 79 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tikar is in Rampur tehsil of Shimla district. Rampur is about 21 km away. Shimla is about 79 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.