About Kit Village

Kit is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 251, made up of 116 males and 135 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,164 females per 1000 males. The village covers 105.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kit Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kit village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Theog
Pincode	171201
Area (hectares)	105.07 hectares
Population	251
Male Population	116
Female Population	135
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,164
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kit compares

By the 2011 count Kit is the 108th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 105.07 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Kit

Kit is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kit as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Kit from other places

Kit lies about 35 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 Kit
Tehsil headquarters	Theog	17 km
District headquarters	Shimla	35 km

Villages closest to Kit

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 Kit

As per the Census of India 2011, Kit village had a population of 251. That makes it the 108th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Kit village has 116 males and 135 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kit has about 1164 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

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

Kit covers 105.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Kit notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kit.

Kit is about 35 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kit is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 17 km away. Shimla is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.