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About Kashah Village

Kashah is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 30, made up of 12 males and 18 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,500 females per 1000 males. The village covers 38.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171011, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kashah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kashah village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Shimla Rural
Pincode 171011
Area (hectares) 38.53 hectares
Population 30
Male Population 12
Female Population 18
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,500
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kashah compares

By the 2011 count Kashah is the 431st largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 38.53 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Kashah

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

Kashah lies about 25 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 20 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 Kashah
Nearest railway station Salogra 20 km
Nearest town Solan 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Shimla Rural 25 km
District headquarters Shimla 25 km

Villages closest to Kashah

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 Kashah

As per the Census of India 2011, Kashah village had a population of 30. That makes it the 431st largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Kashah village has 12 males and 18 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kashah has about 1500 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

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

Kashah covers 38.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Kashah is Salogra, about 20 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 Kashah.

Kashah is about 25 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kashah is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Salogra is about 20 km away. Solan is about 23 km away. Shimla Rural is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rori (1.7 km), Kair (1.9 km) and Kotla (2.4 km).

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

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