Samthar State
Sign in to saveSamthar is a city and a municipal board in Jhansi district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Historically before independence of India, it was also known as Samshergarh erstwhile capital of Samthar State.
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Place details
- Locality
- Samthar
- Region
- Uttar Pradesh
- Country
- India
- Population
- 21,582
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Samthar
- Settlement.settlement_type
- city
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Uttar Pradesh#India3
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- INDIA
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Uttar Pradesh
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Jhansi
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_total
- 20227
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2001
- Settlement.population_density_km2
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Jhansi district
- Elevation
- +135
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
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- Demographics
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Samthar is a city and a municipal board in Jhansi district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Historically before independence of India, it was also known as Samshergarh erstwhile capital of Samthar State.
== Demographics == census, Samthar had a population of 20,227. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Samthar has an average literacy rate of 55%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 66%, and female literacy is 43%. In Samthar, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.