About Shahach Village

Shahach is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 82, made up of 45 males and 37 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 822 females per 1000 males. The village covers 31.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171011, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shahach Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shahach village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171011
Area (hectares)	31.54 hectares
Population	82
Male Population	45
Female Population	37
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	822
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shahach compares

By the 2011 count Shahach is the 285th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 31.54 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Shahach

Shahach is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shahach as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Shahach from other places

Shahach lies about 12 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 8.3 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 Shahach
Nearest railway station	Jutogh	8.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	12 km
District headquarters	Shimla	12 km

Villages closest to Shahach

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 Shahach

As per the Census of India 2011, Shahach village had a population of 82. That makes it the 285th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Shahach village has 45 males and 37 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shahach has about 822 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 Shahach is 171011. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shahach covers 31.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Shahach is Jutogh, about 8.3 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 5 - 10 km distance for Shahach.

Shahach is about 12 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shahach is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Jutogh is about 8.3 km away. Shimla Rural is about 12 km away. Shimla is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.