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About Runkuli Digar Village

Runkuli Digar is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 119, made up of 52 males and 67 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,288 females per 1000 males. The village covers 67.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Runkuli Digar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Runkuli Digar village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Theog
Pincode 171201
Area (hectares) 67.55 hectares
Population 119
Male Population 52
Female Population 67
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,288
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Runkuli Digar compares

By the 2011 count Runkuli Digar is the 242nd largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 67.55 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Runkuli Digar

Runkuli Digar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Runkuli Digar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Runkuli Digar from other places

Runkuli Digar lies about 18 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 Runkuli Digar
Tehsil headquarters Theog under 2 km
District headquarters Shimla 18 km

Villages closest to Runkuli Digar

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.

Common questions about Runkuli Digar

As per the Census of India 2011, Runkuli Digar village had a population of 119. That makes it the 242nd largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Runkuli Digar village has 52 males and 67 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Runkuli Digar has about 1288 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

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

Runkuli Digar covers 67.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Runkuli Digar falls under Theog tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Runkuli Digar 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 <5 km distance for Runkuli Digar.

Runkuli Digar is about 18 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Runkuli Digar is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about under 2 km away. Shimla is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Basa Theog (under 2 km), Ban Bag (under 2 km) and Dhanaut (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Runkuli Digar today is likely to be higher.

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