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About Santu Tilla Village

Santu Tilla is a small village in Amb tehsil, in the district of Una, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 264, made up of 135 males and 129 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 956 females per 1000 males. The village covers 75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Santu Tilla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Santu Tilla village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Una
Tehsil Amb
Pincode 177210
Area (hectares) 75 hectares
Population 264
Male Population 135
Female Population 129
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 956
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Santu Tilla compares

By the 2011 count Santu Tilla is the 150th largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 667 residents. Its 75 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 997.

Getting to Santu Tilla

Santu Tilla is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Santu Tilla 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Santu Tilla from other places

Santu Tilla lies about 44 km from Una, and the nearest railway station is Daulatpur Chowk, about 12 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 Santu Tilla
Nearest railway station Daulatpur Chowk 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Amb 17 km
Nearest town Talwāra 24 km
District headquarters Una 44 km

Villages closest to Santu Tilla

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

Common questions about Santu Tilla

As per the Census of India 2011, Santu Tilla village had a population of 264. That makes it the 150th largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 667 residents.

Santu Tilla village has 135 males and 129 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Santu Tilla has about 956 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 997.

The pincode recorded for Santu Tilla is 177210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Santu Tilla covers 75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Santu Tilla falls under Amb tehsil of Una district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Santu Tilla is Daulatpur Chowk, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Santu Tilla.

Santu Tilla is about 44 km from Una in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Santu Tilla is in Amb tehsil of Una district. Daulatpur Chowk is about 12 km away. Amb is about 17 km away. Talwāra is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khann Tilla (under 2 km), Prithi Pur Khas (2.2 km) and Mandwara (6.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Santu Tilla today is likely to be higher.

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