About Mashobra Village

Mashobra is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 195, made up of 101 males and 94 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 931 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171007, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mashobra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mashobra village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171007
Area (hectares)	88.2 hectares
Population	195
Male Population	101
Female Population	94
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	931
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mashobra compares

By the 2011 count Mashobra is the 120th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 88.2 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Mashobra

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

Mashobra lies about 6.5 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 Mashobra
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	6.5 km
District headquarters	Shimla	6.5 km

Villages closest to Mashobra

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 Mashobra

As per the Census of India 2011, Mashobra village had a population of 195. That makes it the 120th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Mashobra village has 101 males and 94 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mashobra has about 931 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 Mashobra is 171007. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mashobra covers 88.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Mashobra notes the nearest railway station 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 Mashobra.

Mashobra is about 6.5 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mashobra is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Shimla Rural is about 6.5 km away. Shimla is about 6.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.