# Shawala Village, Nerua, Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) – PIN Code

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Village · Nerua, Shimla 

# Shawala

Shawala is a village in Nerua sub-district of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh, PIN code **173210**. The 2011 Census counted **600 people in 116 households**, the 3rd largest of 189 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 600people (2011)
- 116households
- 69.4%literacy
- 173210PIN code

## Shawala PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Shawala is 173210.** Shawala falls in Nerua sub-district, Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh.

- PIN code173210
- Community development blockChaupal
- Census village code025762

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

## How far is Shawala from nearby towns?

- Nerua (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Shimla (district HQ)130 km by road
- Chaupal (nearest town)30 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 Shawala?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Shawala; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Rusla
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Nerua
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Shimla
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated 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 Shawala known for?

The main crops are **chalai and wheat**. About 31% of the 202 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 Shawala

Of every 100 households in Shawala in 2011, 94 had electricity, 55 a toilet at home and 36 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Shawala · ■ Nerua rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****55%**

**44%

No toilet (open defecation) ****45%**

**55%

Tap water ****100%**

**92%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****36%**

**26%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****63%**

**72%

Use banking services ****100%**

**79%

Television ****40%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**78%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**1%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****19%**

**15%

Own their home ****99%**

**90%

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 Shawala?

■ Shawala · ■ Nerua rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.4%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1128**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1222**

**954

Working population ****54.7%**

**56.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.8% for men and 62.8% for women. 55% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 132 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 26 (8%) · **■** Marginal 164 (50%)

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 Nerua

- Up Mahal Nerua2,293 people
- Shilgaon608 people
- Manewati514 people
- Madhana503 people
- Up Mahal Keyarla495 people
- Kharachli478 people

[All 247 villages in Nerua](https://wherepedia.org/india/himachal-pradesh/shimla/nerua/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Shawala?173210
- How far is Shawala from Shimla?130 km by road
- What is the population of Shawala?600 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shawala in?Shimla district (Nerua sub-district), Himachal Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shawala?69.4% (Census 2011)