About Silhan Village

Silhan is a mid sized village in Sonhaula tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,671, made up of 901 males and 770 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 187 hectares hectares.

Silhan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silhan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhagalpur
Tehsil	Sonhaula
Area (hectares)	187 hectares
Population	1,671
Male Population	901
Female Population	770
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	855
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Silhan compares

By the 2011 count Silhan is the 37th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,428 residents. Its 187 hectares work out to about 8.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 907.

Getting to Silhan

Silhan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Silhan as Available within 5 - 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 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Sanokhar Arazi, Sanokhar Inglis, Seori and Shahpur. 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 Silhan

As per the Census of India 2011, Silhan village had a population of 1,671. That makes it the 37th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,428 residents.

Silhan village has 901 males and 770 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silhan has about 855 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 907.

Silhan covers 187 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Silhan falls under Sonhaula tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The census record for Silhan notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Silhan.

Silhan is in Sonhaula tehsil of Bhagalpur 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.