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About Silar Village

Silar is a mid sized village in Deo tehsil, in the district of Aurangabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 890, made up of 478 males and 412 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 862 females per 1000 males. The village covers 143 hectares hectares.

Silar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silar village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Aurangabad
Tehsil Deo
Area (hectares) 143 hectares
Population 890
Male Population 478
Female Population 412
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 862
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Silar compares

By the 2011 count Silar is the 55th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,522 residents. Its 143 hectares work out to about 6.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Silar

Silar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Silar 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Silar from other places

Silar lies about 11 km from Aurangabad, and the nearest railway station is Phesar, about 21 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 Silar
Tehsil headquarters Deo 3.2 km
District headquarters Aurangabad 11 km
Nearest town Aurangābād 11 km
Nearest railway station Phesar 21 km

Villages closest to Silar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silar village had a population of 890. That makes it the 55th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,522 residents.

Silar village has 478 males and 412 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silar has about 862 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

Silar covers 143 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Silar falls under Deo tehsil of Aurangabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Silar is Phesar, about 21 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Silar is about 11 km from Aurangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silar is in Deo tehsil of Aurangabad district. Deo is about 3.2 km away. Aurangabad is about 11 km away. Aurangābād is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kusiari (under 2 km), Silar Khurd (under 2 km) and Kurka (under 2 km).

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

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