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About Sehl Village

Sehl is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 20, made up of 8 males and 12 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,500 females per 1000 males. The village covers 11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173215, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sehl Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sehl village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Shimla Rural
Pincode 173215
Area (hectares) 11 hectares
Population 20
Male Population 8
Female Population 12
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,500
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Sehl compares

By the 2011 count Sehl is the 465th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 11 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 Sehl

Sehl is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Sehl as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sehl from other places

Sehl lies about 30 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 19 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 Sehl
Nearest railway station Salogra 19 km
Nearest town Solan 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Shimla Rural 30 km
District headquarters Shimla 30 km

Villages closest to Sehl

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 Sehl

As per the Census of India 2011, Sehl village had a population of 20. That makes it the 465th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Sehl village has 8 males and 12 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sehl 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 Sehl is 173215. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sehl covers 11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Sehl is Salogra, about 19 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Sehl.

Sehl is about 30 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sehl is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Salogra is about 19 km away. Solan is about 21 km away. Shimla Rural is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sadhora (3.5 km), Mewag (5.4 km) and Chadoli (5.6 km).

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

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