About Shai Village

Shai is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 182, made up of 95 males and 87 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 916 females per 1000 males. The village covers 147.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shai village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Theog
Pincode	171226
Area (hectares)	147.35 hectares
Population	182
Male Population	95
Female Population	87
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	916
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shai compares

By the 2011 count Shai is the 176th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 147.35 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 990.

Getting to Shai

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

Shai lies about 20 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 Shai
Tehsil headquarters	Theog	8.3 km
District headquarters	Shimla	20 km

Villages closest to Shai

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 Shai

As per the Census of India 2011, Shai village had a population of 182. That makes it the 176th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Shai village has 95 males and 87 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shai has about 916 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Shai is 171226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shai covers 147.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Shai 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 - 10 km distance for Shai.

Shai is about 20 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shai is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 8.3 km away. Shimla is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.