Village · Sadiya, Tinsukia # Shilghat Tarani Shilghat Tarani is a village in Sadiya sub-district of Tinsukia district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted 695 people in 101 households, the 40th largest of 170 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.7%. - 695 people (2011) - 101 households - 74.0% literacy - 899 females per 1,000 males ## Shilghat Tarani PIN code and other codes Shilghat Tarani falls in Sadiya sub-district, Tinsukia district, Assam. - Gram panchayat Shantipur - Community development block Sadiya - Census village code 289950 Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## What facilities are there in Shilghat Tarani? 7 services counted by the Census are inside Shilghat Tarani; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ● Primary school In village · 1 govt - ● Private bus service In village - ● National highway In village - ● All-weather road In village - ● Anganwadi centre In village - ● ASHA health worker In village - ● Polling station In village ### Nearest outside - ○ Senior secondary school 5–10 km · Chapakhowa - ○ Degree college 5–10 km · Chapakhowa - ○ Public bus service 5–10 km - ○ ATM 5–10 km - ○ Commercial bank 10+ km - ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km - ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km - ○ Public library 10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking water covered wells, hand pumps and canal / river - Electricity (2011) 9 h summer · 9 h winter Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed. ## What is Shilghat Tarani known for? About 51% of the 98 hectares of village land is sown. Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## Homes and amenities in Shilghat Tarani Of every 100 households in Shilghat Tarani in 2011, 1 had electricity, 85 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car. ■ Shilghat Tarani · ■ Sadiya rural average - Electricity for lighting 1% 27% - Toilet within the home 85% 63% - No toilet (open defecation) 15% 36% - Tap water 0% 1% - Drinking water within premises 56% 69% - Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 7% - Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 93% - Use banking services 44% 44% - Television 4% 16% - Mobile phone 49% 38% - Computer with internet 0% 0% - Two-wheeler 1% 7% - Car / jeep / van 1% 1% - None of these assets 11% 19% - Own their home 96% 97% Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14). ## What is the population of Shilghat Tarani? ■ Shilghat Tarani · ■ Sadiya rural average - Literacy (age 7+) 74.0% 74.7% - Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 899 950 - Child sex ratio (0–6) 873 945 - Working population 61.3% 55.4% ### Women and men Literacy is 85.1% for men and 61.7% for women. 63% of men and 60% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ■ Cultivators 331 (78%) · ■ Farm labourers 1 (0%) · ■ Other work 7 (2%) · ■ Marginal 87 (20%) Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts. ## Other villages of similar size in Sadiya - Majgaon 717 people - 2 No. Chillling 714 people - Milanpur Deori 712 people - Majuli 708 people - Hollow Gaon 679 people - Borgorah Deopani Miri No.2 666 people - Charah Gaon 661 people - Purana Sadiya 661 people All 173 villages in Sadiya ## Quick answers - What is the population of Shilghat Tarani? 695 (Census 2011) - Which district is Shilghat Tarani in? Tinsukia district (Sadiya sub-district), Assam - What is the literacy rate of Shilghat Tarani? 74.0% (Census 2011) --- Canonical: https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/tinsukia/sadiya/shilghat-tarani/ · Updated 2026-11-02 · Data: national censuses and statistics offices (sources named in each section); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Overture Maps; GeoNames; NASA POWER.