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About Diashri Village

Diashri is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 40, made up of 17 males and 23 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,353 females per 1000 males. The village covers 40.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171011, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Diashri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Diashri village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Shimla Rural
Pincode 171011
Area (hectares) 40.79 hectares
Population 40
Male Population 17
Female Population 23
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,353
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Diashri compares

By the 2011 count Diashri is the 405th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 40.79 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Diashri

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

Diashri lies about 9.2 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 5.1 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.

Distances from Diashri
Nearest railway station Jutogh 5.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Shimla Rural 9.2 km
District headquarters Shimla 9.2 km

Villages closest to Diashri

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

Common questions about Diashri

As per the Census of India 2011, Diashri village had a population of 40. That makes it the 405th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Diashri village has 17 males and 23 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Diashri has about 1353 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Diashri is 171011. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Diashri covers 40.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Diashri falls under Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Diashri is Jutogh, about 5.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 Diashri.

Diashri is about 9.2 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Diashri is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Jutogh is about 5.1 km away. Shimla Rural is about 9.2 km away. Shimla is about 9.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Panesh (under 2 km), Chaog (under 2 km) and Ghat (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Diashri today is likely to be higher.

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