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About Silpur Village

Silpur is a mid sized village in Gossaigaon tehsil, in the district of Dhubri, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 684, made up of 346 males and 338 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 977 females per 1000 males. The village covers 232.763 hectares hectares.

Silpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silpur village
Description Value
State Assam
District Dhubri
Tehsil Gossaigaon
Area (hectares) 232.763 hectares
Population 684
Male Population 346
Female Population 338
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 977
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Silpur compares

By the 2011 count Silpur is the 164th largest of the 331 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 920 residents. Its 232.763 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Silpur

Silpur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Silpur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. The nearest villages by name are Serfanguri No 1, Serfanguri No 2, Shrirampur No 1 and Shyamdasguri. 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.

Common questions about Silpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Silpur village had a population of 684. That makes it the 164th largest of the 331 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 920 residents.

Silpur village has 346 males and 338 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silpur has about 977 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 969.

Silpur covers 232.763 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silpur falls under Gossaigaon tehsil of Dhubri district in Assam.

The census record for Silpur notes the nearest railway station as Available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Silpur.

Silpur is in Gossaigaon tehsil of Dhubri 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.

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

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