Shela (84)
Narkanda block · Shimla
district, Himachal Pradesh · PIN 172029
· village code 23873
Population 2011
245
Census of India
Population 2020
320
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+30.6%
75 people · 3.0% a year
Households
50
+2.0% vs 49 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
245
Male / female
120 / 125
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,042
Children aged 0–6
22
Literacy rate
75.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
102 / 0
Working population
144
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
85.4%
Households
49
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi nearest 5 km away
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
15
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
3
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1
Non-farm households
1
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 2 / 2
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Karewathi panchayat, Narkanda zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹4.76 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹7.51 lakh
Received directly
₹3.30 lakh
Spent
₹8.62 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6.94 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.46 lakh · received ₹3.10 lakh · spent ₹4.92 lakh · left ₹3.13 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹2.30 lakh · received ₹4.41 lakh · spent ₹3.70 lakh · left ₹3.81 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
31.2983, 77.4198 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Shimla district ·
School
staffing across Shimla ·
…and across Himachal Pradesh