About Kufri Village

Kufri is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 189, made up of 97 males and 92 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 948 females per 1000 males. The village covers 73.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kufri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kufri village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171103
Area (hectares)	73.63 hectares
Population	189
Male Population	97
Female Population	92
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	948
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kufri compares

By the 2011 count Kufri is the 125th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 73.63 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Kufri

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

Kufri lies about 9.2 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 Kufri
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	9.2 km
District headquarters	Shimla	9.2 km

Villages closest to Kufri

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 Kufri

As per the Census of India 2011, Kufri village had a population of 189. That makes it the 125th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Kufri village has 97 males and 92 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kufri has about 948 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Kufri is 171103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kufri covers 73.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Kufri 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 Kufri.

Kufri is about 9.2 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kufri is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Shimla Rural is about 9.2 km away. Shimla is about 9.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.