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About Peladahar Village

Peladahar is a mid sized village in Silchar tehsil, in the district of Cachar, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,117, made up of 599 males and 518 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 865 females per 1000 males. The village covers 77.39 hectares hectares.

Peladahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Peladahar village
Description Value
State Assam
District Cachar
Tehsil Silchar
Area (hectares) 77.39 hectares
Population 1,117
Male Population 599
Female Population 518
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 865
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Peladahar compares

By the 2011 count Peladahar is the 133rd largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,715 residents. Its 77.39 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Peladahar

Peladahar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Peladahar as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Peladahar from other places

Peladahar lies about 13 km from Cachar, and the nearest railway station is Arunachal Junction, about 5.7 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 Peladahar
Nearest railway station Arunachal Junction 5.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Silchar 12 km
District headquarters Cachar 13 km

Villages closest to Peladahar

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

Common questions about Peladahar

As per the Census of India 2011, Peladahar village had a population of 1,117. That makes it the 133rd largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,715 residents.

Peladahar village has 599 males and 518 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Peladahar has about 865 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

Peladahar covers 77.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Peladahar falls under Silchar tehsil of Cachar district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Peladahar is Arunachal Junction, about 5.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Peladahar.

Peladahar is about 13 km from Cachar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Peladahar is in Silchar tehsil of Cachar district. Arunachal Junction is about 5.7 km away. Silchar is about 12 km away. Cachar is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chutra Sangan (2.1 km), Kashipur (3.4 km) and Niz Borkhola Pt I (4.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Peladahar today is likely to be higher.

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