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About Silagrant Village

Silagrant is one of the larger villages in North Guwahati tehsil, in the district of Kamrup Metropolitan, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,504, made up of 3,271 males and 3,233 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 988 females per 1000 males. The village covers 243 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 781031, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silagrant Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silagrant village
Description Value
State Assam
District Kamrup Metropolitan
Tehsil North Guwahati
Pincode 781031
Area (hectares) 243 hectares
Population 6,504
Male Population 3,271
Female Population 3,233
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 988
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Silagrant compares

By the 2011 count Silagrant is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,843 residents. Its 243 hectares work out to about 27 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Silagrant

Silagrant 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 Silagrant 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 <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Agyathuri, Amin Gaon, North Guwahati Gaon and Numalijalah. 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 Silagrant

As per the Census of India 2011, Silagrant village had a population of 6,504. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,843 residents.

Silagrant village has 3,271 males and 3,233 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silagrant has about 988 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 942.

The pincode recorded for Silagrant is 781031. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silagrant covers 243 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 27 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Silagrant falls under North Guwahati tehsil of Kamrup Metropolitan district in Assam.

The census record for Silagrant notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

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

Silagrant is in North Guwahati tehsil of Kamrup Metropolitan 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 Silagrant today is likely to be higher.

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