About Shiling Village

Shiling is a mid sized village in Potka tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 569, made up of 283 males and 286 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 283 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 831002, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shiling Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shiling village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Potka
Pincode	831002
Area (hectares)	283 hectares
Population	569
Male Population	283
Female Population	286
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,011
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 Shiling compares

By the 2011 count Shiling is the 118th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 675 residents. Its 283 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Shiling

Shiling is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Shiling 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. The nearest villages by name are Sarjamdi, Sarmanda, Sarse and Serengdih. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Shiling

As per the Census of India 2011, Shiling village had a population of 569. That makes it the 118th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 675 residents.

Shiling village has 283 males and 286 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shiling has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Shiling is 831002. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shiling covers 283 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shiling falls under Potka tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Shiling 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 10+ km distance for Shiling.

Shiling is in Potka tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.