About Shantla Village

Shantla is a small village in Rakkar tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 392, made up of 187 males and 205 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,096 females per 1000 males. The village covers 143.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177034, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shantla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shantla village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Rakkar
Pincode	177034
Area (hectares)	143.16 hectares
Population	392
Male Population	187
Female Population	205
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,096
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shantla compares

By the 2011 count Shantla is the 25th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 143.16 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1059.

Getting to Shantla

Shantla is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shantla 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 Shantla from other places

Shantla lies about 21 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 13 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 Shantla
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	13 km
District headquarters	Kangra	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rakkar	21 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	35 km

Villages closest to Shantla

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shantla village had a population of 392. That makes it the 25th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Shantla village has 187 males and 205 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shantla has about 1096 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1059.

The pincode recorded for Shantla is 177034. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shantla covers 143.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shantla falls under Rakkar tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shantla is Jawalamukhi Road, about 13 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 Shantla.

Shantla is about 21 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shantla is in Rakkar tehsil of Kangra district. Jawalamukhi Road is about 13 km away. Kangra is about 21 km away. Rakkar is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.