About Giltari Village

Giltari is a mid sized village in Jubbal tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 595, made up of 310 males and 285 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 919 females per 1000 males. The village covers 303 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Giltari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Giltari village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Jubbal
Pincode	171216
Area (hectares)	303 hectares
Population	595
Male Population	310
Female Population	285
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	919
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Giltari compares

By the 2011 count Giltari is the 8th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 267 residents. Its 303 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Giltari

Giltari is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Giltari as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Giltari from other places

Giltari lies about 63 km from Shimla. 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 Giltari
Tehsil headquarters	Jubbal	17 km
District headquarters	Shimla	63 km

Villages closest to Giltari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Giltari village had a population of 595. That makes it the 8th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 267 residents.

Giltari village has 310 males and 285 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Giltari has about 919 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Giltari is 171216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Giltari covers 303 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Giltari falls under Jubbal tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Giltari notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Giltari.

Giltari is about 63 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Giltari is in Jubbal tehsil of Shimla district. Jubbal is about 17 km away. Shimla is about 63 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.