About Shilroo Village

Shilroo is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 138, made up of 71 males and 67 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 87.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171011, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shilroo Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shilroo village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171011
Area (hectares)	87.46 hectares
Population	138
Male Population	71
Female Population	67
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	944
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shilroo compares

By the 2011 count Shilroo is the 173rd largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 87.46 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Shilroo

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

Shilroo lies about 15 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 Shilroo
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	15 km
District headquarters	Shimla	15 km

Villages closest to Shilroo

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 Shilroo

As per the Census of India 2011, Shilroo village had a population of 138. That makes it the 173rd largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Shilroo village has 71 males and 67 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shilroo has about 944 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 Shilroo is 171011. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shilroo covers 87.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Shilroo 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 Shilroo.

Shilroo is about 15 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shilroo is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Shimla Rural is about 15 km away. Shimla is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.