About Daroti Village

Daroti is a mid sized village in Tikar tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 728, made up of 379 males and 349 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 259 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Daroti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Daroti village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Tikar
Pincode	171203
Area (hectares)	259 hectares
Population	728
Male Population	379
Female Population	349
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	921
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Daroti compares

By the 2011 count Daroti is the 6th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 337 residents. Its 259 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Daroti

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

Daroti lies about 51 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Kiratpur Sahib, about 37 km away. 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 Daroti
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tikar	30 km
Nearest railway station	Kiratpur Sahib	37 km
District headquarters	Shimla	51 km

Villages closest to Daroti

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Daroti village had a population of 728. That makes it the 6th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 337 residents.

Daroti village has 379 males and 349 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Daroti has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 926.

The pincode recorded for Daroti is 171203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Daroti covers 259 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Daroti falls under Tikar tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Daroti is Kiratpur Sahib, about 37 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 Daroti.

Daroti is about 51 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Daroti is in Tikar tehsil of Shimla district. Sundarnagar is about 14 km away. Tikar is about 30 km away. Kiratpur Sahib is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.