About Shitlu Village

Shitlu is a large village in Baramulla tehsil, in the district of Baramula, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,926, made up of 1,550 males and 1,376 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 523.7 hectares hectares.

Shitlu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shitlu village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Baramula
Tehsil	Baramulla
Area (hectares)	523.7 hectares
Population	2,926
Male Population	1,550
Female Population	1,376
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	888
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shitlu compares

By the 2011 count Shitlu is the 8th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,862 residents. Its 523.7 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Shitlu

Shitlu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shitlu as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Shitlu from other places

Shitlu lies about 3.2 km from Baramula. 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 Shitlu
Tehsil headquarters	Baramulla	3.2 km
District headquarters	Baramula	3.2 km
Nearest town	Bāramūla	3.2 km

Villages closest to Shitlu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shitlu village had a population of 2,926. That makes it the 8th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,862 residents.

Shitlu village has 1,550 males and 1,376 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shitlu has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 925.

Shitlu covers 523.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shitlu falls under Baramulla tehsil of Baramula district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The census record for Shitlu 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 village for Shitlu.

Shitlu is about 3.2 km from Baramula in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shitlu is in Baramulla tehsil of Baramula district. Baramulla is about 3.2 km away. Baramula is about 3.2 km away. Bāramūla is about 3.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.