About Siltham Village

Siltham is a small village in Mawkynrew tehsil, in the district of East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 198, made up of 96 males and 102 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,062 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793015, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Siltham Overview

Census 2011 figures for Siltham village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	East Khasi Hills
Tehsil	Mawkynrew
Pincode	793015
Population	198
Male Population	96
Female Population	102
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,062
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 Siltham compares

By the 2011 count Siltham is the 60th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 656 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Siltham

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

Siltham lies about 18 km from East Khasi Hills, and the nearest railway station is Kamalajari, about 58 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 Siltham
Nearest town	Shillong	under 2 km
District headquarters	East Khasi Hills	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mawkynrew	19 km
Nearest railway station	Kamalajari	58 km

Villages closest to Siltham

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Siltham village had a population of 198. That makes it the 60th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Siltham village has 96 males and 102 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Siltham has about 1062 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Siltham is 793015. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Siltham falls under Mawkynrew tehsil of East Khasi Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Siltham is Kamalajari, about 58 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 Siltham.

Siltham is about 18 km from East Khasi Hills in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Siltham is in Mawkynrew tehsil of East Khasi Hills district. Shillong is about under 2 km away. East Khasi Hills is about 18 km away. Mawkynrew is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.