About Shanwla Village

Shanwla is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 46, made up of 28 males and 18 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 643 females per 1000 males. The village covers 22.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171011, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shanwla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shanwla village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171011
Area (hectares)	22.87 hectares
Population	46
Male Population	28
Female Population	18
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	643
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shanwla compares

By the 2011 count Shanwla is the 388th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 22.87 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 Shanwla

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

Shanwla lies about 34 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 Shanwla
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	34 km
District headquarters	Shimla	34 km

Villages closest to Shanwla

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 Shanwla

As per the Census of India 2011, Shanwla village had a population of 46. That makes it the 388th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Shanwla village has 28 males and 18 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shanwla has about 643 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 Shanwla is 171011. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shanwla covers 22.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Shanwla 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 Shanwla.

Shanwla is about 34 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shanwla is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Shimla Rural is about 34 km away. Shimla is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.