About Kanauri Village

Kanauri is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 401, made up of 217 males and 184 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 848 females per 1000 males. The village covers 22.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanauri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanauri village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171103
Area (hectares)	22.34 hectares
Population	401
Male Population	217
Female Population	184
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	848
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanauri compares

By the 2011 count Kanauri is the 33rd largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 22.34 hectares work out to about 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Kanauri

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

Kanauri lies about 20 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 9.2 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 Kanauri
Nearest railway station	Salogra	9.2 km
Nearest town	Solan	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	20 km
District headquarters	Shimla	20 km

Villages closest to Kanauri

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.

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Common questions about Kanauri

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanauri village had a population of 401. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Kanauri village has 217 males and 184 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanauri has about 848 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 Kanauri is 171103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanauri covers 22.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Kanauri is Salogra, about 9.2 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 Kanauri.

Kanauri is about 20 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanauri is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Salogra is about 9.2 km away. Solan is about 12 km away. Shimla Rural is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.