About Kelwi Village

Kelwi is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 467, made up of 248 males and 219 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 194.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kelwi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kelwi village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Theog
Pincode	171201
Area (hectares)	194.36 hectares
Population	467
Male Population	248
Female Population	219
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	883
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kelwi compares

By the 2011 count Kelwi is the 22nd largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 194.36 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Kelwi

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

Kelwi lies about 22 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 Kelwi
Tehsil headquarters	Theog	8.8 km
District headquarters	Shimla	22 km

Villages closest to Kelwi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Theog 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 Kelwi

As per the Census of India 2011, Kelwi village had a population of 467. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Kelwi village has 248 males and 219 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kelwi has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Kelwi is 171201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kelwi covers 194.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kelwi falls under Theog tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Kelwi 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 Kelwi.

Kelwi is about 22 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kelwi is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 8.8 km away. Shimla is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.