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About Dooh Village

Dooh is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 22, made up of 12 males and 10 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 26.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171011, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dooh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dooh village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Shimla Rural
Pincode 171011
Area (hectares) 26.11 hectares
Population 22
Male Population 12
Female Population 10
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 833
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dooh compares

By the 2011 count Dooh is the 456th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 26.11 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 987.

Getting to Dooh

Dooh is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Dooh as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Dooh from other places

Dooh lies about 15 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Kathleeghat, about 7.0 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 Dooh
Nearest railway station Kathleeghat 7.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Shimla Rural 15 km
District headquarters Shimla 15 km

Villages closest to Dooh

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 Dooh

As per the Census of India 2011, Dooh village had a population of 22. That makes it the 456th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Dooh village has 12 males and 10 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dooh has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

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

Dooh covers 26.11 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Dooh is Kathleeghat, about 7.0 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Dooh.

Dooh is about 15 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dooh is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Kathleeghat is about 7.0 km away. Shimla Rural is about 15 km away. Shimla is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Badoh (under 2 km), Dohchhna 14 156 (under 2 km) and Dohchhnoo (under 2 km).

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

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