About Shathar Village

Shathar is a small village in Rajgarh tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 224, made up of 121 males and 103 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 851 females per 1000 males. The village covers 217 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173233, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shathar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shathar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Rajgarh
Pincode	173233
Area (hectares)	217 hectares
Population	224
Male Population	121
Female Population	103
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	851
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shathar compares

By the 2011 count Shathar is the 98th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 328 residents. Its 217 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Shathar

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

Shathar lies about 26 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 21 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 Shathar
Tehsil headquarters	Rajgarh	9.2 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	21 km
Nearest town	Solan	23 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	26 km

Villages closest to Shathar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shathar village had a population of 224. That makes it the 98th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 328 residents.

Shathar village has 121 males and 103 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shathar has about 851 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

The pincode recorded for Shathar is 173233. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shathar covers 217 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shathar falls under Rajgarh tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shathar is Salogra, about 21 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 Shathar.

Shathar is about 26 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shathar is in Rajgarh tehsil of Sirmaur district. Rajgarh is about 9.2 km away. Salogra is about 21 km away. Solan is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.