About Silauta Village

Silauta is a mid sized village in Shambhuganj tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,468, made up of 786 males and 682 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 196 hectares hectares.

Silauta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silauta village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Shambhuganj
Area (hectares)	196 hectares
Population	1,468
Male Population	786
Female Population	682
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	868
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Silauta compares

By the 2011 count Silauta is the 49th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,328 residents. Its 196 hectares work out to about 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 879.

Getting to Silauta

Silauta is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Silauta as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Silauta from other places

Silauta lies about 32 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Ganganiyan, 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 Silauta
Nearest town	Kharagpur	14 km
Nearest railway station	Ganganiyan	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shambhuganj	32 km
District headquarters	Banka	32 km

Villages closest to Silauta

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

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Common questions about Silauta

As per the Census of India 2011, Silauta village had a population of 1,468. That makes it the 49th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,328 residents.

Silauta village has 786 males and 682 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silauta has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 879.

Silauta covers 196 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Silauta falls under Shambhuganj tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Silauta is Ganganiyan, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Silauta.

Silauta is about 32 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silauta is in Shambhuganj tehsil of Banka district. Kharagpur is about 14 km away. Ganganiyan is about 21 km away. Shambhuganj is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.