About Shiltham Village

Shiltham is a large village in Robertsganj tehsil, in the district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,355, made up of 1,761 males and 1,594 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 905 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1206.15 hectares hectares.

Shiltham Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shiltham village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Sonbhadra
Tehsil	Robertsganj
Area (hectares)	1206.15 hectares
Population	3,355
Male Population	1,761
Female Population	1,594
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	905
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shiltham compares

By the 2011 count Shiltham is the 40th largest of the 732 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,032 residents. Its 1206.15 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Shiltham

Shiltham is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Shiltham 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 Shiltham from other places

Shiltham lies about 21 km from Sonbhadra, and the nearest railway station is Churk, about 16 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 Shiltham
Nearest railway station	Churk	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Robertsganj	21 km
District headquarters	Sonbhadra	21 km

Villages closest to Shiltham

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shiltham village had a population of 3,355. That makes it the 40th largest of the 732 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,032 residents.

Shiltham village has 1,761 males and 1,594 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shiltham has about 905 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 942.

Shiltham covers 1206.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shiltham falls under Robertsganj tehsil of Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Shiltham is Churk, about 16 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 village for Shiltham.

Shiltham is about 21 km from Sonbhadra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shiltham is in Robertsganj tehsil of Sonbhadra district. Churk is about 16 km away. Robertsganj is about 21 km away. Sonbhadra is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.