# Shildag Village, Chhatarpur, Palamu (Jharkhand) – PIN Code

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Village · Chhatarpur, Palamu 

# Shildag

Shildag is a village in Chhatarpur sub-district of Palamu district, Jharkhand. The 2011 Census counted **2,044 people in 386 households**, the 19th largest of 130 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.3%.

- 2,044people (2011)
- 386households
- 54.1%literacy
- 977females per 1,000 males

## Shildag PIN code and other codes

Shildag falls in Chhatarpur sub-district, Palamu district, Jharkhand.

- Gram panchayatSildhag
- Community development blockChhatarpur
- Census village code365507

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Shildag from nearby towns?

- Chhatarpur (sub-district HQ)6 km by road
- Medininagar (district HQ)42 km by road
- Medininagar (nearest town)42 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Shildag?

18 services counted by the Census are inside Shildag; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●ITI / vocational schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Medininagar
- ○Degree college10+ km · Medininagar
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)1 h summer · 1 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Shildag known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 64% of the 371 hectares of village land is sown, and 18 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Shildag

Of every 100 households in Shildag in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shildag · ■ Chhatarpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**12%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**5%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**95%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**14%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**98%

Use banking services ****45%**

**44%

Television ****6%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****32%**

**38%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Shildag?

■ Shildag · ■ Chhatarpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.1%**

**57.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****977**

**916

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1106**

**960

Working population ****47.1%**

**37.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.9% for men and 41.7% for women. 48% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 33 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 180 (19%) · **■** Household industry 62 (6%) · **■** Other work 79 (8%) · **■** Marginal 608 (63%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Chhatarpur

- Kui Urf Shashiganj2,348 people
- Bagaiya2,307 people
- Dinadag2,264 people
- Charai2,191 people
- Sarma1,998 people
- Lohrai1,947 people
- Bansdiha Alias Latea1,940 people
- Hutukdag1,886 people

[All 142 villages in Chhatarpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/palamu/chhatarpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Shildag from Medininagar?42 km by road
- What is the population of Shildag?2,044 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shildag in?Palamu district (Chhatarpur sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Shildag?54.1% (Census 2011)