About Samthana Kalan Village

Samthana Kalan is a mid sized village in Dhatwal tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,168, made up of 558 males and 610 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,093 females per 1000 males. The village covers 715.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176042, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Samthana Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Samthana Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Dhatwal
Pincode	176042
Area (hectares)	715.06 hectares
Population	1,168
Male Population	558
Female Population	610
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,093
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Samthana Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Samthana Kalan is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 299 residents. Its 715.06 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1186.

Getting to Samthana Kalan

Samthana Kalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Samthana Kalan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Samthana Kalan from other places

Samthana Kalan lies about 36 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Olinda, about 39 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 Samthana Kalan
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhatwal	26 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	36 km
Nearest railway station	Olinda	39 km

Villages closest to Samthana Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhatwal 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 Samthana Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Samthana Kalan village had a population of 1,168. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 299 residents.

Samthana Kalan village has 558 males and 610 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Samthana Kalan has about 1093 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1186.

The pincode recorded for Samthana Kalan is 176042. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Samthana Kalan covers 715.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Samthana Kalan falls under Dhatwal tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Samthana Kalan is Olinda, about 39 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Samthana Kalan.

Samthana Kalan is about 36 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Samthana Kalan is in Dhatwal tehsil of Hamirpur district. Sundarnagar is about 10 km away. Dhatwal is about 26 km away. Hamirpur is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.