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About Shimla Village

Shimla is a mid sized village in Ladnu tehsil, in the district of Nagaur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,014, made up of 534 males and 480 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1053.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 341303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shimla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shimla village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Nagaur
Tehsil Ladnu
Pincode 341303
Area (hectares) 1053.54 hectares
Population 1,014
Male Population 534
Female Population 480
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 899
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Shimla compares

By the 2011 count Shimla is the 64th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,893 residents. Its 1053.54 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 963.

Getting to Shimla

Shimla is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shimla as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shimla from other places

Shimla lies about 80 km from Nagaur, and the nearest railway station is Sanvrad, about 5.7 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 Shimla
Nearest railway station Sanvrad 5.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Ladnu 16 km
Nearest town Lādnūn 16 km
District headquarters Nagaur 80 km

Villages closest to Shimla

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

Common questions about Shimla

As per the Census of India 2011, Shimla village had a population of 1,014. That makes it the 64th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,893 residents.

Shimla village has 534 males and 480 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shimla has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Shimla is 341303. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shimla covers 1053.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shimla falls under Ladnu tehsil of Nagaur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Shimla is Sanvrad, about 5.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Shimla.

Shimla is about 80 km from Nagaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shimla is in Ladnu tehsil of Nagaur district. Sanvrad is about 5.7 km away. Ladnu is about 16 km away. Lādnūn is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gunpaliya (under 2 km), Badela (3.1 km) and Sanwrad (3.3 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Shimla today is likely to be higher.

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