About Tephra Village

Tephra is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 21, made up of 11 males and 10 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 38.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tephra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tephra village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171103
Area (hectares)	38.11 hectares
Population	21
Male Population	11
Female Population	10
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	909
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Tephra compares

By the 2011 count Tephra is the 461st largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 38.11 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Tephra

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

Tephra lies about 31 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 28 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 Tephra
Nearest railway station	Jutogh	28 km
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	30 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	31 km
District headquarters	Shimla	31 km

Villages closest to Tephra

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 Tephra

As per the Census of India 2011, Tephra village had a population of 21. That makes it the 461st largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Tephra village has 11 males and 10 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tephra has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

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

Tephra covers 38.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Tephra is Jutogh, about 28 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 Tephra.

Tephra is about 31 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tephra is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Jutogh is about 28 km away. Sundarnagar is about 30 km away. Shimla Rural is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.