About Shashal Village

Shashal is a small village in Solan tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 110, made up of 60 males and 50 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 43.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173211, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shashal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shashal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Solan
Pincode	173211
Area (hectares)	43.88 hectares
Population	110
Male Population	60
Female Population	50
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	833
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shashal compares

By the 2011 count Shashal is the 169th largest of the 441 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 149 residents. Its 43.88 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1046.

Getting to Shashal

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

Shashal lies about 7.4 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Kandaghat, about 5.9 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 Shashal
Nearest railway station	Kandaghat	5.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Solan	7.4 km

Villages closest to Shashal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shashal village had a population of 110. That makes it the 169th largest of the 441 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 149 residents.

Shashal village has 60 males and 50 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shashal has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1046.

The pincode recorded for Shashal is 173211. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shashal covers 43.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shashal falls under Solan tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shashal is Kandaghat, about 5.9 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 Shashal.

Shashal is about 7.4 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shashal is in Solan tehsil of Solan district. Kandaghat is about 5.9 km away. Solan is about 7.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.