About Siahta Village

Siahta is a small village in Arki tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 47, made up of 27 males and 20 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 741 females per 1000 males. The village covers 36.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Siahta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Siahta village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Arki
Pincode	173208
Area (hectares)	36.29 hectares
Population	47
Male Population	27
Female Population	20
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	741
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Siahta compares

By the 2011 count Siahta is the 227th largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 181 residents. Its 36.29 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 1020.

Getting to Siahta

Siahta is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Siahta as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Siahta from other places

Siahta lies about 28 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 11 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 Siahta
Tehsil headquarters	Arki	4.9 km
Nearest railway station	Jutogh	11 km
Nearest town	Shimla	15 km
District headquarters	Solan	28 km

Villages closest to Siahta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Siahta village had a population of 47. That makes it the 227th largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 181 residents.

Siahta village has 27 males and 20 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Siahta has about 741 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Siahta is 173208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Siahta covers 36.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Siahta falls under Arki tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Siahta is Jutogh, about 11 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 5 - 10 km distance for Siahta.

Siahta is about 28 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Siahta is in Arki tehsil of Solan district. Arki is about 4.9 km away. Jutogh is about 11 km away. Shimla is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.