About Shahal Village

Shahal is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 37, made up of 21 males and 16 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 762 females per 1000 males. The village covers 19.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171011, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shahal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shahal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171011
Area (hectares)	19.28 hectares
Population	37
Male Population	21
Female Population	16
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	762
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shahal compares

By the 2011 count Shahal is the 411th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 19.28 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Shahal

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

Shahal lies about 10 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Kathleeghat, about under 2 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 Shahal
Nearest railway station	Kathleeghat	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	10 km
District headquarters	Shimla	10 km

Villages closest to Shahal

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 Shahal

As per the Census of India 2011, Shahal village had a population of 37. That makes it the 411th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Shahal village has 21 males and 16 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shahal has about 762 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

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

Shahal covers 19.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Shahal is Kathleeghat, about under 2 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 Shahal.

Shahal is about 10 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shahal is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Kathleeghat is about under 2 km away. Shimla Rural is about 10 km away. Shimla is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.