About Shili Village

Shili is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 170, made up of 83 males and 87 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,048 females per 1000 males. The village covers 52.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171011, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shili Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shili village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171011
Area (hectares)	52.54 hectares
Population	170
Male Population	83
Female Population	87
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,048
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shili compares

By the 2011 count Shili is the 139th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 52.54 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Shili

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

Shili lies about 21 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Solan Brewery, about 1.9 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 Shili
Nearest railway station	Solan Brewery	1.9 km
Nearest town	Solan	2.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	21 km
District headquarters	Shimla	21 km

Villages closest to Shili

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 Shili

As per the Census of India 2011, Shili village had a population of 170. That makes it the 139th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Shili village has 83 males and 87 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shili has about 1048 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

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

Shili covers 52.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Shili is Solan Brewery, about 1.9 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 Shili.

Shili is about 21 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shili is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Solan Brewery is about 1.9 km away. Solan is about 2.0 km away. Shimla Rural is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.