About Sitla Village

Sitla is a small village in Gande tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 463, made up of 243 males and 220 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 905 females per 1000 males. The village covers 87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sitla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sitla village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Gande
Pincode	815312
Area (hectares)	87 hectares
Population	463
Male Population	243
Female Population	220
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	905
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 Sitla compares

By the 2011 count Sitla is the 131st largest of the 243 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 87 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Sitla

Sitla is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Sitla 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 Sitla from other places

Sitla lies about 15 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Maheshmunda Junction, about 8.7 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 Sitla
Tehsil headquarters	Gande	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Maheshmunda Junction	8.7 km
District headquarters	Giridih	15 km

Villages closest to Sitla

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sitla village had a population of 463. That makes it the 131st largest of the 243 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Sitla village has 243 males and 220 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sitla has about 905 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Sitla is 815312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sitla covers 87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sitla falls under Gande tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sitla is Maheshmunda Junction, about 8.7 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Sitla.

Sitla is about 15 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sitla is in Gande tehsil of Giridih district. Gande is about under 2 km away. Maheshmunda Junction is about 8.7 km away. Giridih is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.