About Shil Guri Village

Shil Guri is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 375, made up of 194 males and 181 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 143 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shil Guri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shil Guri village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Theog
Pincode	171220
Area (hectares)	143 hectares
Population	375
Male Population	194
Female Population	181
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	933
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shil Guri compares

By the 2011 count Shil Guri is the 38th 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 143 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Shil Guri

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

Shil Guri lies about 32 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 Shil Guri
Tehsil headquarters	Theog	17 km
District headquarters	Shimla	32 km

Villages closest to Shil Guri

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 Shil Guri

As per the Census of India 2011, Shil Guri village had a population of 375. That makes it the 38th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Shil Guri village has 194 males and 181 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shil Guri has about 933 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 Shil Guri is 171220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shil Guri covers 143 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shil Guri falls under Theog tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Shil Guri 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 Shil Guri.

Shil Guri is about 32 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shil Guri is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 17 km away. Shimla is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.