About Shanahan Village

Shanahan is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 198, made up of 106 males and 92 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 52.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171006, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shanahan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shanahan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171006
Area (hectares)	52.79 hectares
Population	198
Male Population	106
Female Population	92
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	868
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shanahan compares

By the 2011 count Shanahan is the 114th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 52.79 hectares work out to about 3.8 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 Shanahan

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

Shanahan lies about 26 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 Shanahan
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	26 km
District headquarters	Shimla	26 km

Villages closest to Shanahan

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 Shanahan

As per the Census of India 2011, Shanahan village had a population of 198. That makes it the 114th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Shanahan village has 106 males and 92 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shanahan has about 868 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 Shanahan is 171006. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shanahan covers 52.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Shanahan 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 Shanahan.

Shanahan is about 26 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shanahan is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Shimla Rural is about 26 km away. Shimla is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.