About Shilla Village

Shilla is a mid sized village in Kamrau tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,447, made up of 786 males and 661 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 841 females per 1000 males. The village covers 777.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173025, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shilla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shilla village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Kamrau
Pincode	173025
Area (hectares)	777.13 hectares
Population	1,447
Male Population	786
Female Population	661
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	841
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shilla compares

By the 2011 count Shilla is the 7th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 824 residents. Its 777.13 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Shilla

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

Shilla lies about 26 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 48 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 Shilla
Tehsil headquarters	Kamrau	3.1 km
Nearest town	Pāonta Sāhib	22 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	26 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	48 km

Villages closest to Shilla

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shilla village had a population of 1,447. That makes it the 7th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 824 residents.

Shilla village has 786 males and 661 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shilla has about 841 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Shilla is 173025. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shilla covers 777.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shilla falls under Kamrau tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shilla is Dehradun, about 48 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 Shilla.

Shilla is about 26 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shilla is in Kamrau tehsil of Sirmaur district. Kamrau is about 3.1 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 22 km away. Sirmaur is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.