About Obhru Village

Obhru is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 95, made up of 45 males and 50 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,111 females per 1000 males. The village covers 50.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Obhru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Obhru village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171103
Area (hectares)	50.19 hectares
Population	95
Male Population	45
Female Population	50
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,111
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Obhru compares

By the 2011 count Obhru is the 250th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 50.19 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 Obhru

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

Obhru lies about 14 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 11 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 Obhru
Nearest railway station	Jutogh	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	14 km
District headquarters	Shimla	14 km

Villages closest to Obhru

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 Obhru

As per the Census of India 2011, Obhru village had a population of 95. That makes it the 250th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Obhru village has 45 males and 50 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Obhru has about 1111 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Obhru is 171103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Obhru covers 50.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Obhru is Jutogh, about 11 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 Obhru.

Obhru is about 14 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Obhru is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Jutogh is about 11 km away. Shimla Rural is about 14 km away. Shimla is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.