About Hanstari Village

Hanstari is a small village in Tikar tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 229, made up of 121 males and 108 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hanstari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hanstari village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Tikar
Pincode	171203
Area (hectares)	86 hectares
Population	229
Male Population	121
Female Population	108
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	893
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 Hanstari compares

By the 2011 count Hanstari is the 22nd largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 337 residents. Its 86 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Hanstari

Hanstari is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Hanstari 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 Hanstari from other places

Hanstari lies about 71 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Buffer Stop, about 34 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 Hanstari
Nearest town	Mandi	8.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tikar	23 km
Nearest railway station	Buffer Stop	34 km
District headquarters	Shimla	71 km

Villages closest to Hanstari

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 Hanstari

As per the Census of India 2011, Hanstari village had a population of 229. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 337 residents.

Hanstari village has 121 males and 108 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hanstari has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 926.

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

Hanstari covers 86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Hanstari is Buffer Stop, about 34 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Hanstari.

Hanstari is about 71 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hanstari is in Tikar tehsil of Shimla district. Mandi is about 8.3 km away. Tikar is about 23 km away. Buffer Stop is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.