About Shirwa Village

Shirwa is a small village in Chakrata tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 470, made up of 234 males and 236 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 654.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248124, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shirwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shirwa village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Chakrata
Pincode	248124
Area (hectares)	654.28 hectares
Population	470
Male Population	234
Female Population	236
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,009
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shirwa compares

By the 2011 count Shirwa is the 31st largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 401 residents. Its 654.28 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Shirwa

Shirwa is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Shirwa as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Shirwa from other places

Shirwa lies about 38 km from Dehradun. 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 Shirwa
Tehsil headquarters	Chakrata	18 km
Nearest town	Pāonta Sāhib	20 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	38 km

Villages closest to Shirwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shirwa village had a population of 470. That makes it the 31st largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 401 residents.

Shirwa village has 234 males and 236 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shirwa has about 1009 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Shirwa is 248124. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shirwa covers 654.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shirwa falls under Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Shirwa notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Shirwa.

Shirwa is about 38 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shirwa is in Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district. Chakrata is about 18 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 20 km away. Dehradun is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.