# Dak Shirar Village, Cheta, Shimla (Himachal Pradesh)

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Village · Cheta, Shimla 

# Dak Shirar

Dak Shirar is a village in Cheta sub-district of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh, PIN code **171210**. The 2011 Census counted **526 people in 83 households**, the 13th largest of 58 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 526people (2011)
- 83households
- 66.9%literacy
- 171210PIN code

## Dak Shirar PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Dak Shirar is 171210.** Dak Shirar falls in Cheta sub-district, Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh.

- PIN code171210
- Community development blockChaupal
- Census village code025681

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Dak Shirar from nearby towns?

- Kupvi (sub-district HQ)33 km by road
- Shimla (district HQ)178 km by road
- Chaupal (nearest town)83 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Dak Shirar?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Dak Shirar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Dhar
- ○Degree college10+ km · Nerwa
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chaupal
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water
- Electricity (2011)24 h summer · 24 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Dak Shirar known for?

The main crops are **apple and pea**. About 8% of the 556 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Dak Shirar

Of every 100 households in Dak Shirar in 2011, 73 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dak Shirar · ■ Cheta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****73%**

**85%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**76%

Tap water ****96%**

**88%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**94%

Use banking services ****89%**

**92%

Television ****14%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**81%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**0%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**15%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Dak Shirar?

■ Dak Shirar · ■ Cheta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.9%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****852**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1161**

**972

Working population ****59.9%**

**68.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.9% for men and 60.7% for women. 63% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 96 (30%) · **■** Other work 14 (4%) · **■** Marginal 205 (65%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Cheta

- Bag597 people
- Kulag572 people
- Charauli571 people
- Ahnog557 people
- Jokhar461 people
- Up Muhal Gaonkhar Oaran440 people
- Chanja429 people
- Up Muhal Bhalwan407 people

[All 91 villages in Cheta](https://wherepedia.org/india/himachal-pradesh/shimla/cheta/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Dak Shirar?171210
- How far is Dak Shirar from Shimla?178 km by road
- What is the population of Dak Shirar?526 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dak Shirar in?Shimla district (Cheta sub-district), Himachal Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dak Shirar?66.9% (Census 2011)