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About Shilli Bagi Village

Shilli Bagi is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 311, made up of 147 males and 164 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,116 females per 1000 males. The village covers 96.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171011, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shilli Bagi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shilli Bagi village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Shimla Rural
Pincode 171011
Area (hectares) 96.1 hectares
Population 311
Male Population 147
Female Population 164
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,116
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Shilli Bagi compares

By the 2011 count Shilli Bagi is the 53rd largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 96.1 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Shilli Bagi

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

Shilli Bagi lies about 23 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 9.8 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 Shilli Bagi
Nearest railway station Salogra 9.8 km
Nearest town Solan 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Shimla Rural 23 km
District headquarters Shimla 23 km

Villages closest to Shilli Bagi

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.

Common questions about Shilli Bagi

As per the Census of India 2011, Shilli Bagi village had a population of 311. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Shilli Bagi village has 147 males and 164 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shilli Bagi has about 1116 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Shilli Bagi is 171011. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shilli Bagi covers 96.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shilli Bagi falls under Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shilli Bagi is Salogra, about 9.8 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 village for Shilli Bagi.

Shilli Bagi is about 23 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shilli Bagi is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Salogra is about 9.8 km away. Solan is about 11 km away. Shimla Rural is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bag (under 2 km), Bagagli (under 2 km) and Bagoloo (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Shilli Bagi today is likely to be higher.

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