About Sandhot Village

Sandhot is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 28, made up of 13 males and 15 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,154 females per 1000 males. The village covers 35.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173215, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sandhot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sandhot village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	173215
Area (hectares)	35.08 hectares
Population	28
Male Population	13
Female Population	15
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,154
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sandhot compares

By the 2011 count Sandhot is the 438th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 35.08 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 Sandhot

Sandhot is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sandhot as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Sandhot from other places

Sandhot lies about 9.7 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Kathleeghat, about 3.5 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 Sandhot
Nearest railway station	Kathleeghat	3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	9.7 km
District headquarters	Shimla	9.7 km

Villages closest to Sandhot

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 Sandhot

As per the Census of India 2011, Sandhot village had a population of 28. That makes it the 438th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Sandhot village has 13 males and 15 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sandhot has about 1154 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Sandhot is 173215. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sandhot covers 35.08 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Sandhot is Kathleeghat, about 3.5 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 10+ km distance for Sandhot.

Sandhot is about 9.7 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sandhot is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Kathleeghat is about 3.5 km away. Shimla Rural is about 9.7 km away. Shimla is about 9.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.