About Loharban Village

Loharban is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 101, made up of 53 males and 48 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 906 females per 1000 males. The village covers 82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171005, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Loharban Overview

Census 2011 figures for Loharban village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171005
Area (hectares)	82 hectares
Population	101
Male Population	53
Female Population	48
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	906
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Loharban compares

By the 2011 count Loharban is the 238th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 82 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Loharban

Loharban is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Loharban 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Loharban from other places

Loharban lies about 11 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Shoghi railway station, about 8.6 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 Loharban
Nearest railway station	Shoghi railway station	8.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	11 km
District headquarters	Shimla	11 km

Villages closest to Loharban

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 Loharban

As per the Census of India 2011, Loharban village had a population of 101. That makes it the 238th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Loharban village has 53 males and 48 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Loharban has about 906 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Loharban is 171005. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Loharban covers 82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Loharban is Shoghi railway station, about 8.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Loharban.

Loharban is about 11 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Loharban is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Shoghi railway station is about 8.6 km away. Shimla Rural is about 11 km away. Shimla is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.