About Shakrah Village

Shakrah is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 174, made up of 90 males and 84 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 44.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171011, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shakrah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shakrah village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171011
Area (hectares)	44.52 hectares
Population	174
Male Population	90
Female Population	84
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	933
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shakrah compares

By the 2011 count Shakrah is the 137th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 44.52 hectares work out to about 3.9 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 Shakrah

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

Shakrah 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 Shakrah
Nearest railway station	Jutogh	8.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	12 km
District headquarters	Shimla	12 km

Villages closest to Shakrah

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 Shakrah

As per the Census of India 2011, Shakrah village had a population of 174. That makes it the 137th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Shakrah village has 90 males and 84 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shakrah has about 933 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 Shakrah is 171011. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shakrah covers 44.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Shakrah 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 Shakrah.

Shakrah 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.

Shakrah 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.