About Shiljani Village

Shiljani is a mid sized village in Kokrajhar tehsil, in the district of Chirang, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 555, made up of 287 males and 268 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 229.99 hectares hectares.

Shiljani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shiljani village
Description	Value
State	Assam
District	Chirang
Tehsil	Kokrajhar
Area (hectares)	229.99 hectares
Population	555
Male Population	287
Female Population	268
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	934
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shiljani compares

By the 2011 count Shiljani is the 127th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 950 residents. Its 229.99 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 969.

Getting to Shiljani

Shiljani is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Shiljani as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Samsingkilla F V, Samugaon, Samukha Forest Block and Saral Bhanga Forest Block Un Authorised Habitati. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Shiljani

As per the Census of India 2011, Shiljani village had a population of 555. That makes it the 127th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 950 residents.

Shiljani village has 287 males and 268 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shiljani has about 934 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 969.

Shiljani covers 229.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shiljani falls under Kokrajhar tehsil of Chirang district in Assam.

The census record for Shiljani notes the nearest railway station 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 10+ km distance for Shiljani.

Shiljani is in Kokrajhar tehsil of Chirang district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.